Claret Consulting is a financial advisory and consulting firm based in Washington, DC. Claret focuses on providing transaction advisory, project management, program development and training services to public and private sector clients throughout the US and internationally in the fields of infrastructure and economic development. Their clients include state and local governments, financial institutions, investors and contractors. Theie consultants have implemented projects in every region of the world in nearly every sector, including transportation, power, water/wastewater and social infrastructure. They have developed P3 programs, policies and guidelines for states, local governments and economic development authorities.

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Economics
Claret Consulting offers insightful analyses of the most critical economic issues of  time.  Experience at the center of economic events such as the Subprime and European Sovereign Debt Crises provides us with a unique perspective that increases the relevance of the economic analyses. Claret Consulting provides proactive and prescriptive advice to governments, corporations and individuals on how to plan for, and adapt to, changing economic conditions.

Public-Private Partnerships
Public-Private Partnerships have expanded from their use in the power and transportation sectors to encompass a whole range of public investments, from prisons to hospitals to schools and housing.  Claret Consulting serves as a trusted advisor to governments, developers, investors and lenders on P3 programs and specific transactions. Claret Consulting offers project structuring and transaction advice, policy support and training. 

Socially Responsible Investing
Claret brings the same ethics it applies in its international development work to the investment world through its Socially Responsible Investing Practice.  You want your money to make a difference, to have an impact in the communities and countries where you invest it.  Even from a purely financial perspective, investors need to be sensitive to the political, social and environmental risks to their investments.  The Claret Consulting team has provided risk assessments and mitigation strategies for SRI to some of the largest institutional investors and to individual community lenders and microfinance organizations. Claret Consulting has documented and analzyed corporate environmental performance and contributed to the development of international norms and protocols to ensure SRI. Claret Consulting is  prepared to advise investors as well as companies on socially and environmentally responsible and sustainable investment.  We are also ready to support governments in their quest for information on SRI to better develop their own policies and programs to ensure human rights and sustainability.