
World
Bank Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database ![]()
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The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project
Database has data on more than 4,100 projects in 141 low- and middle-income
countries. The database is the leading source of PPI trends in the developing
world, covering projects in the energy, telecommunications, transport, and
water and sewerage sectors.
World
Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3356: Where Do We
Stand on Transport Infrastructure Deregulation and Public-Private
Partnership?![]()
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The evolution of transport public-private
partnerships (P3s) in developing and developed countries
since the early 1990s seems to be following a similar path:
private initiatives work for a while but after a shock to
the sector takes place the public sector returns as regulator,
owner or financier; after a while the public sector runs
into problems and eventually finds a hybrid solution to ensure
the survival of the sector. This paper reviews the effectiveness
of transport infrastructure deregulation from three angles:
efficiency, fiscal and users' viewpoint. The paper emphasizes
the difficulties and strong political commitments required
to make the reforms sustainable and argues that governments
willing to make corrections to the reform path are faced
with the need to address recurrent and emerging issues in
transport systems: tariff structure, quality (timetable,
safety, environment), access rules for captive shippers,
the trend toward rebundling and decrease in intrasectoral
competition, multimodalism and the stimulus through yardstick
competition.
World
Bank Technical Paper No. 399, Concessions for Infrastructure:
A Guide to Their Design and Award![]()
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Concession arrangements entail a myriad of
legal and economic issues, including the organization of
government entities responsible for concession programs and
the adequacy of the broader legal and regulatory environment.
The design and implementation of concession contracts that
allocate risks and responsibilities and the mechanisms for
evaluating and awarding projects are also of paramount importance.
The government's role as regulator and as a provider of support
for infrastructure concessions must also be assessed. While
some countries have established extensive concession programs,
others are just beginning to develop these programs. This
report provides a guide to the complex range of issues and
options involved in the implementation of concession arrangements,
drawing on the experience of both industrial and developing
countries.
Seminar
Proceedings for Asian Toll Road Development in an Era
of Financial Crisis ![]()
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This seminar was held from 9-11 March 1999 at the Tokyo
International Forum in Tokyo, Japan. It brought together
a wide range of leaders, decision-makers, academics, and
other influential people related to toll road development,
totaling 340 persons from 17 countries. The Seminar
featured 18 individual speeches and presentations, as well
as a comprehensive panel discussion on the last day. Seminar
speakers and panelists included MOCJ and World Bank officials,
foreign government representatives, academic experts from
Japan and abroad, public and private sector toll road developers
and operators, and specialists in the areas of toll road
finance, regulation, and legal issues.
The Seminar Proceedings comprise three volumes. Volume I contains an introductory Section and eight others, one for each of the Seminar Sessions. Volume II contains background information on the seminar and its participants. Volume III contains Appendix G, a report entitled "Review of Recent Toll Road Experience in Selected Countries," which served as the Seminar Resource Report and was given to all Seminar attendees.
Public
Policy for the Private Sector 258: Unsolicited Proposals:
John Hodges Competitive Solutions for Private Infrastructure![]()
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This Paper looks at systems used by some governments
transform unsolicited proposals for private infrastructure
projects into competitively tendered projects. It focuses
on the policies that Chile, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines,
and South Africa have adopted for managing such proposals.
A companion discussion explores
the problems associated with unsolicited proposals, especially
the risks they raise for competition and transparency.
Granting
and Renegotiating Infrastructure Concessions in Latin America: Doing it
Right
J. Luis Guasch, World Bank Institute![]()
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This title is the fifth in an occasional series by the World Bank
Institute intended to help meet the knowledge and information needs of infrastructure
reformers and regulators. The book breaks new ground in relation to the
design and implementation of concession contracts by culling the lessons
of experience from some 1,000 examples and assessing what these lessons
mean for future practice.
