What is the essence of preliminary risk assessment in project finance?

Please answer the following questions in the form of a short essay: a. What is the essence of preliminary risk assessment in project finance? b. What are the typical project risks at start-up and how can these risks be mitigated? c. Why is it important to understand the financial and political risks surrounding a project? d. Is a negative pledge adequate to protect a lender’s position? If not what else should be considered? This scholarly essay must be around 1000 words in length….Provide a minimum of 5 citations/references. When you finish writing this essay, any person vaguely familiar with the subject must be able to understand your logic and assertions used in answering the questions. The assignment requires a minimum of 5 references/citations. Additionally, using “headings/subheadings” would be beneficial and help the reader make sense of your writing.