For over 20 years, PPIAF and its partners, particularly governments, donors, and international development institutions, have worked to build the capacity, regulatory, and institutional framework necessary to stimulate private sector participation (PSP) in infrastructure. PPIAF’s work helps its clients work with the private sector to continue providing financing and operating infrastructure services when systems and economies are under unprecedented strain. The pandemic is not the on...

Public-Private Partnerships cover a wide range of contractual arrangements between public authorities and private entities contributing to the private financing of public infrastructure in the broad sense. PPPs are an important tool to meet national infrastructure needs and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Such contractual arrangements, however, are complex and require strong and consistent national policies to attract investment and ensure the protection of the public interest. ...

This report Public-Private Partnerships in Land Administration: Analytical and Operational Frameworks was developed to address knowledge gaps, advance the thinking on how PPPs can be implemented in land administration with appropriate risk mitigation, and explore how the World Bank and other development partners may engage in financing and building capacity in land administration. With its analytical assessments and operational tools, the report intends to support governments (land agencie...

This paper addresses some of the confusion that has come up on what regulation means in the context of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services. In particular, it strives to answer questions about the application of the “independent regulator” model to WSS in the developing world. What types of problems can it can address effectively? What is its relevance, especially as provision and oversight of these services are often the responsibility of sub-national governments with li...

PPIAF support was instrumental in transforming the enabling environment in the State of Odisha to scale-up renewable energy and catalyze the development of a 1,000 megawatt (MW) solar park through a public-private partnership. The technical assistance support was critical in removing key barriers for private-sector participation while helping build the local institutional capacity. As a result, the State of Odisha was recently included in the National Solar Park Development initiative&rsqu...

The complexity of public-private partnership (PPP) transactions often means that considerable time and expense is involved in preparing and finalizing the contract. This has led many stakeholders to ask for standardized provisions in such contracts to allow for a quicker and less expensive drafting process. Given the variety of PPP transactions and legal systems, as well as the need for "tailor-made" provisions, the development of fully standardized&...

Cuando se trata de proyectos de infraestructura, los proyectos de “Iniciativa Privada” (IP) representan una alternativa al mecanismo tradicional de iniciación de proyectos en el que el sector privado, en lugar del gobierno, asume el papel principal en la identificación y en el desarrollo de un proyecto. En la práctica, muchas autoridades públicas de todo el mundo recurren a las IPs, motivadas por la perspectiva de resolver los desafíos que plan...

Section one provides a concise summary of the results of the study and includes an overview of the conclusions as well as lessons learned based on the assessment of the case studies. Section two gives the context for the study including the definition of a set of hydroelectric project development options as background to related discussions of rehabilitation later in the report. Section three provides an overview of the contents of this report. Section four discusses the development and ap...

Since 2000 PPIAF has been providing technical assistance to the government of Uganda to create an environment that enables private investment in infrastructure. In particular a series of three technical grants have supported the government of Uganda to develop the PPP framework at national level, identify a pipeline of PPPs and provide specifi c support to strengthen the institutions implementing one of the priority projects identifi ed in the road sector, the Kamp...

In 2012, PPIAF partnered with the World Bank to engage with the Government of Belize to help them improve and maintain municipal service delivery in selected towns through the Municipal Development Project. PPIAF’s technical assistance support helped to initiate the development of the Revenue Enhancement Support Program, to assist the municipalities in enhancing the capacity of municipal finance management and improving creditworthiness. This initiative has made significant contribut...

Public-Private Partnerships cover a wide range of contractual arrangements between public authorities and private entities contributing to the private financing of public infrastructure in the broad sense. PPPs are an important tool to meet national infrastructure needs and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Such contractual arrangements, however, are complex and require strong and consistent national policies to attract investment and ensure the protection of the public interest. ...

In 2007, PPIAF approved a grant to assist in establishing the institutional and regulatory framework for the transport sector in Senegal. Technical assistance support was also given to the National Agency for the Promotion of Investments (APIX) to consolidate the institutional framework and develop contractual arrangements for the Dakar–Diamniadio Toll Highway project.

Every financial system has faced or will face a crisis at some point. But even in the absence of a crisis, the extraordinary growth in credit over the last two decades has resulted in an increase of non-performing loans (NPLs), which are an unavoidable by-product of lending. This can put economies at risk. When not addressed, distressed assets can grow to reach critical thresholds that can slow down, or even prevent, economic recovery and increase unemployment, creating a vicious circle th...

Since 1999 the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has supported the Nigerian government in facilitating private sector infrastructure investments in the port, water, and energy sectors. PPIAF commissioned an independent impact assessment in February 2016 to review past technical assistance; identify and validate legal, institutional, and policy reform outcomes encouraging private participation in infrastructure; and assess impacts of public- private partnership (PPP) p...

Cuando se trata de proyectos de infraestructura, los proyectos de “Iniciativa Privada” (IP) representan una alternativa al mecanismo tradicional de iniciación de proyectos en el que el sector privado, en lugar del gobierno, asume el papel principal en la identificación y en el desarrollo de un proyecto. En la práctica, muchas autoridades públicas de todo el mundo recurren a las IPs, motivadas por la perspectiva de resolver los desafíos que plan...

En matière de projets d’infrastructure, les offres spontanées représentent une méthode alternative pour l’initiation de projets, où le secteur privé, plutôt que le gouvernement, est l’acteur principal qui identifie et développe un projet. Dans la pratique, de nombreuses administrations de par le monde ont recours aux offres spontanées car celles-ci permettent de répondre au manque de capacité du s...

When it comes to infrastructure projects, “unsolicited proposals” (USPs) represent an alternative to the traditional project initiation method where the private sector, rather than the government, takes the leading role in identifying and developing a project. In practice, many public authorities across the world resort to USPs motivated by the perspective of solving the challenges brought by their lack of capacity to identify and develop projects. However, many projects that o...

When it comes to infrastructure projects, “unsolicited proposals” (USPs) represent an alternative to the traditional project initiation method where the private sector, rather than the government, takes the leading role in identifying and developing a project. In practice, many public authorities across the world resort to USPs motivated by the perspective of solving the challenges brought by their lack of capacity to identify and develop projects. However, many projects that o...

In the mid-2000s, a pioneering contract for privately operated water service in sections of Hubballi-Dharwad, Belagavi and Kalaburagi cities proved that 24/7 water service was possible in India. Until then, despite the availability of enough water, residents in the majority of Indian cities received water for only a couple of hours a day due to poor management, system leaks, and financial problems of utilities. That initiative, financed as part of a World Bank project, also showed that it ...

En matière de projets d’infrastructure, les offres spontanées représentent une méthode alternative pour l’initiation de projets, où le secteur privé, plutôt que le gouvernement, est l’acteur principal qui identifie et développe un projet. Dans la pratique, de nombreuses administrations de par le monde ont recours aux offres spontanées car celles-ci permettent de répondre au manque de capacité du s...

Since 2014, the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has provided grants to West African francophone countries to enable private sector participation in infrastructure. This support comprises programmatic support (the UEMOA PPP program) or country programmatic support (such as Guinea and Mauritania). In September 2014, PPIAF provided a grant to Mauritania, a country in the Maghreb region of West Africa, to strengthen its enabling environment for Public Private Partnershi...

PPIAF’s Sub-National Technical Assistance Program (SNTA) and its World Bank Group partners—the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)—have been working with the Brazilian municipalities of Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro to bring energy-efficient investment to public street-lighting systems. The program, which includes early-stage feasibility analysis and technical assistance, has prompted Belo Horizonte ...

Cuando se trata de proyectos de infraestructura, los proyectos de “Iniciativa Privada” (IP) representan una alternativa al mecanismo tradicional de iniciación de proyectos en el que el sector privado, en lugar del gobierno, asume el papel principal en la identificación y en el desarrollo de un proyecto. En la práctica, muchas autoridades públicas de todo el mundo recurren a las IPs, motivadas por la perspectiva de resolver los desafíos que plan...

Cette note résume un rapport récent préparé par Lighting Africa visant à identifier les principales barrières politiques à l’adoption de produits et de services d’éclairage moderne, et à formuler des recommandations quant à leur atténuation. La note se fonde sur les résultats des rapports relatifs aux politiques de huit pays en particulier.

This study was to analyze the future role of natural gas in the energy mix of countries of South East Europe. The study further identifies regional, cross-border and country-specific gas infrastructure projects that are economically, financially and technically sound. The study also analyses, and makes proposals for, the institutional and policy issues relating to funding and implementing gas infrastructure projects. The study examines sources of gas supply from Russia, the Caspian region ...