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SIGNATURE MICHAEL PIGNATARO
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors of
The Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund, Inc.:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements
of The Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund, Inc., for the year
ended November 30, 1997, we considered its internal control,
including controls over safeguarding securities, in order to
determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing
our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-SAR, not to provide assurance on internal
control.
The management of The Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund,
Inc., is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal
control. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected
benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that
are relevant to an audit pertain to the entity's objective of
preparing financial statements for external purposes that are
fairly presented in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles. Those controls include the safeguarding
of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or
irregularities may occur and may not be detected. Also,
projection of any evaluation of internal control to future
periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of
the design and operation may deteriorate.
Our consideration of internal control would not necessarily
disclose all matters in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. A material weakness is a
condition in which the design or operation of any specific
internal control component does not reduce to a relatively low
level the risk that errors or irregularities in amounts that
would be material in relation to the financial statements being
audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions. However, we noted no matters involving internal
control, including controls over safeguarding securities, that
we consider to be material weaknesses as defined above as of
November 30, 1997.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Coopers & Lybrand, L.L.P.
2400 Eleven Penn Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
January 16, 1997
