PPI in Poor Countries : How to Increase Private Participation in Infrastructure Management and Investment

To overcome huge shortfalls in access to infrastructure services, poor countries need much higher investment levels and more expertise to build, operate, and maintain infrastructure facilities. The private sector is one source for such resources, and projects involving private participation in infrastructure (PPI) have increasingly been used in developing countries. But PPI investment has been much lower in poor countries than in better-off developing countries-and has been more affected by the global financial crisis. How can PPI projects play a larger role in improving infrastructure service provision in these countries?

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Leigland, James
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010-02
Subjects:	ACCESS TO FINANCE, ACCOUNTING, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CASH FLOWS, COMMERCIAL FINANCE, CREDIT RATING, CREDITS, CREDITWORTHINESS, CURRENCY, DEBT, DEBT MATURITIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, DONOR FUNDING, EMPLOYMENT, ENABLING ENVIRONMENT, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISKS, GOVERNMENT BUDGETS, GOVERNMENT FUNDING, HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES, HIGHWAY, HIGHWAY PROJECTS, HOST GOVERNMENTS, HOUSEHOLDS, INCOME GROUPS, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, MERCHANT, NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, PASSENGER SERVICES, PREPAYMENT, PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SERVICE PROVISION, PRIVATIZATION, PUBLIC BUDGETS, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, RAIL, RISK SHARING, ROAD PROJECTS, SANITATION, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVISION, SERVICE QUALITY, SUBSIDIZATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOLL, TOLL ROAD, TOLL ROADS, TRAFFIC, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT NETWORK, URBAN AREAS, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER UTILITIES, UTILITIES, WATER PROJECTS, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/02/12821144/ppi-poor-countries-increase-private-participation-infrastructure-management-investment https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10510
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