The May/June 2009 edition of the Iberian lawyer includes a special report on Projects and Infrastructures for which Manuel Protásio was invited to give his views. This article analyses the steps taken by governments around the world to limit the impact of the global financial crisis through their announcing and foregrounding of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects.

For Manuel Protásio, and in Portugal, “(…) the State owned bank is increasingly crucial in order to raise funds for projects, not to mention the increasing influence and importance of the European Investment Bank”.