FEI Consulting provides multidisciplinary advisory services to governments, development partners, public institutions, municipalities, and utilities in emerging and developing countries. Our expertise combines institutional, financial, technical, and operational perspectives to help clients improve public services, strengthen institutions, mobilize investment, and achieve measurable development results.
An Integrated Approach
FEI’s principal strength is the ability to bring together sector expertise, institutional reform, financial analysis, commercial structuring, data, and capacity building within a single advisory approach.
Rather than treating infrastructure, finance, institutions, and service delivery as separate issues, FEI works with clients to understand how these elements interact and to develop practical, locally appropriate solutions that can be implemented and sustained over time.
Water, Sanitation and Sustainable Utilities
FEI has extensive expertise in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, supporting governments, regulators, municipalities, and utilities to improve the sustainability, efficiency, and quality of water and sanitation services.
Our WASH services cover the full sector value chain, including:
- Water utility performance assessment and improvement
- Water supply and sanitation sector diagnostics
- Non-revenue water (NRW) reduction
- Utility operational and commercial performance
- Financial sustainability and cost recovery
- Tariff analysis and reform
- Infrastructure and investment planning
- Water and sanitation governance and institutional reform
- Utility regulation and performance management
- Sanitation and fecal sludge management
- Climate resilience and sustainable utility development
- Data management, benchmarking, and performance monitoring
- Independent verification of results and performance indicators
FEI combines technical understanding of utility operations with financial, institutional, and commercial expertise, enabling clients to address the underlying constraints to sustainable service delivery.
Public-Private Partnerships and Private Sector Participation
FEI provides advisory services for public-private partnerships (PPPs), private sector participation, and commercial arrangements in infrastructure and public services, with particular depth in the water sector.
Our support includes:
- PPP strategy and policy development
- Identification and screening of PPP opportunities
- PPP feasibility and suitability assessments
- Transaction structuring and risk allocation
- Financial and economic modelling
- Tariff and revenue analysis
- Regulatory and institutional assessments
- Preparation of procurement and bidding documents
- Private-sector market engagement
- Performance-based contracting
- Commercial and financial close support
- Contract management and performance monitoring
- Institutional capacity building for PPP programs and transaction teams
FEI focuses on developing fit-for-purpose PPP and private-sector participation models that reflect local market conditions, institutional capacity, regulatory frameworks, affordability considerations, and public service objectives.
Performance-Based Contracts and Results-Based Financing
FEI has specialized experience in designing, structuring, implementing, and independently verifying performance-based contracts (PBCs), results-based financing mechanisms, and performance-based management arrangements.
Our expertise includes:
- Definition of performance indicators and targets
- Development of Performance-Based Conditions (PBCs), DLIs and DLRs
- Baseline establishment and validation
- Verification protocols and methodologies
- Data collection, validation, and quality assurance
- Field-based verification and beneficiary-level verification
- Independent performance assessment
- Financial and operational indicator verification
- Performance reporting and evidence management
- Linking verified results to financing and disbursement decisions
FEI combines sector knowledge, data analytics, field verification, and financial analysis to provide credible, transparent, and decision-grade assessments of performance.
Utility Performance Improvement and Capacity Building
FEI supports public utilities in strengthening the institutional, managerial, financial, commercial, and operational capabilities required for sustainable service delivery.
Our approach typically begins with a structured assessment of the utility’s governance, service delivery, operational performance, financial position, commercial systems, human resources, information systems, and external operating environment. We then work with management to translate findings into prioritized and implementable performance improvement measures.
Our services include:
- Utility performance diagnostics
- Performance Improvement Plans
- Organizational and institutional assessments
- Management and operational strengthening
- Financial management improvement
- Commercial management and revenue improvement
- Billing and collection systems
- Customer service improvement
- Business planning and strategic planning
- Human resource and skills assessments
- Management information and performance systems
- Training and executive capacity development
- Change management and institutionalization of reforms
FEI’s capacity-building approach emphasizes practical application and institutionalization, helping utilities develop systems and skills that can be maintained after external technical assistance ends.
Utility Finance and Creditworthiness
FEI specializes in strengthening the financial foundations of public utilities and enabling them to access sustainable sources of finance.
Our services include:
- Utility financial assessments
- Financial sustainability strategies
- Creditworthiness assessments
- Debt analysis and restructuring
- Financial modelling
- Revenue and tariff analysis
- Cost recovery assessment
- Investment planning
- Capital financing strategies
- Commercial financing readiness
- Credit enhancement
- Project finance
- Blended finance
- Development of bankable infrastructure projects
FEI works at the intersection of utility performance and finance, recognizing that improved operational and commercial performance is often essential to unlocking sustainable investment.
Blended Finance and Investment Mobilization
FEI helps governments and development partners design financing structures that combine public, concessional, development, and private capital to address investment gaps in infrastructure and public services.
Our expertise includes:
- Blended finance strategy and facility design
- Credit enhancement mechanisms
- Revolving funds
- Project preparation and development
- Investment pipeline development
- Commercial finance mobilization
- Financial viability assessments
- Risk allocation and mitigation
- Climate finance
- Development of bankable projects
- Financial products for underserved infrastructure and service providers
FEI’s approach is designed to balance commercial viability, affordability, development objectives, and long-term financial sustainability.
Municipal Finance and Infrastructure Finance
FEI provides advisory services to national and sub-national governments seeking to strengthen their ability to finance infrastructure and essential public services.
Areas of expertise include:
- Municipal financial sustainability
- Creditworthiness and borrowing capacity
- Revenue and expenditure management
- Debt management
- Capital investment planning
- Infrastructure financing strategies
- Municipal lending
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Asset and liability management
- Financial performance measurement
- Mobilization of domestic and international finance
Public Financial Management and Institutional Reform
FEI supports governments in strengthening the systems, institutions, and processes required for effective management of public resources.
Our services include:
- Public financial management assessments
- Budget formulation and execution
- Financial management and reporting
- Revenue and expenditure systems
- Internal controls
- Institutional and organizational assessments
- Process improvement
- Financial management policies and procedures
- Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS)
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Institutional capacity development
- Governance and accountability systems
Strategic Planning, Governance and Decentralization
FEI helps governments and public institutions develop effective institutional arrangements and planning systems that connect national objectives, sector strategies, institutional responsibilities, investments, and measurable results.
Our expertise includes:
- Strategic and sector planning
- Institutional and organizational design
- Governance assessments
- Decentralization and local government development
- Intergovernmental coordination
- Public-sector performance management
- Policy and regulatory reform
- Institutional strengthening
- Operational policy development
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Results frameworks and performance indicators
FEI places particular emphasis on strengthening coordination across institutional and sectoral silos and creating systems that promote accountability for results rather than activities.
Data, Monitoring, Evaluation and Independent Verification
FEI uses data and evidence to support better planning, management, and decision-making.
Our capabilities include:
- Monitoring and evaluation frameworks
- Performance indicator development
- Independent verification
- Data collection and validation
- Data cleaning and harmonization
- Statistical sampling
- Field verification
- Beneficiary and household surveys
- Performance dashboards and analytical tools
- Benchmarking
- Evidence management
- Results reporting
FEI’s multidisciplinary teams combine quantitative analysis with field-based verification and institutional assessment to produce reliable, decision-grade evidence for governments and development partners.
Digital Transformation and E-Governance
FEI supports governments, utilities, and public institutions in strengthening the information systems and digital tools required for effective management and service delivery.
Our expertise includes:
- IFMIS and ERP systems
- Business process assessment and redesign
- System requirements analysis
- Management information systems
- Data architecture and management
- E-government and e-governance
- Digital service delivery
- ICT institutional assessments
- Systems implementation and sustainability
- Capacity building for digital systems
Infrastructure, Urban Development and Service Delivery
FEI provides multidisciplinary advisory services for infrastructure and urban development, combining financial, institutional, economic, and operational analysis.
Our experience includes:
- Urban infrastructure planning
- Municipal service delivery
- Infrastructure investment planning
- Economic and financial analysis
- Infrastructure financing
- Institutional arrangements
- Public-sector investment programs
- Private-sector participation
- Climate-resilient infrastructure
- Urban service improvement