Nice Course

Good course

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This is a good course overall, with good discussions, topics and content. The Bocconi tutor is clearly knowledgeable of the subject and I learned several things I did not know about PPPs.

There are however many things that are frustrating with this course. The assignment tests is one of them. They are written in poor English and clearly not checked by an English native. Also, the pass rate of 80% and the way it is calculated is very annoying. There must be a better way to test this subject on. For instance, if you select the wrong answer in a question, maybe link it to the course content where you can find the information, or explain why it is wrong in the answer sheet.

The course also needs an update - I believe this was done in 2015. A lot of talk about the financial crisis in 2008/09.

In general, I still don't think I hav a good concept of PPPs after taking this course. Too little time spent on the actual structure, the different types of contracts, consortium trade-offs, key contracts and key negotiating items, more examples of successful and unsuccessful PPPs, how the market has developed (e.g. private infrastructure market and PPP share of private), new trends in the industry, drivers of PPP growth, and more.

I still give it a four but would have given it 3.5 if I could. I do however appreciate that they put this course together and it is well worth taking.

I enjoyed the course and it is quite light for project finance and I would think that this should act as an intro course for a second more complex course dealing with the actual complexities of project finance. Such as real financial close considerations in developed and emerging markets, early stage sub performance and restructuring as well as refinancing. I would also think that more time should be allocated to project bonds and use of derivative structures on securing cash flows and working ratios to support competitive financing and projects. There were highlights on impacts of Basel on long tenor financing, but more market considerations of new players and structures would have been invaluable.

Professor Gatti established an unhurried and well-paced journey through Project Finance, covering it from several logical angles. He has a great presenting manner and is very confident without being arrogant. I really learnt a lot. The videos are great, although the tutorials with his students/assistants seem a little too contrived, and the English on the transcripts is incorrect in some cases. The downloadable spreadsheets and quizzes are really helpful, and I will keep the former (having corrected the typo of 'UCFC' to 'UFCF'.

Thank you Professor Gatti ! (and PS you wear great ties)

A comprehensive course for an introduction to project finance. It could have been even better if more advanced, detailed real life cases are included (e.g. what happens when obligations of contracts violated, what are the cases when precautionary terms worked (or not) to save the project, some examples where the model could only be built with specific interventions etc.). Or an advanced version of this course could be designed. Even more, a certification process could be arranged regarding the limited variety of certificates that Coursera offers.