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Fitch’s Credit Ratings
Website of Fitch’s Credit Ratings
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Moody’s Credit Ratings
Website of Moody's.
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Government Finance Statistics, IMF
Website of IMF eLibrary Data
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ThinkHazard!
Natural Hazard Assessment Tool, website.GFDRR. Accessed March 7, 2017. “ThinkHazard! website.” Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, World Bank. Website. [#4444]
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TOR Toolkit - Self-Optimizing 24/7
This TOR is one of four designed to produce innovative types of NRW Reduction Contracts. The TORs are designed to be used as part of an NRW-reduction project being implemented in accordance with the…
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Contract Expiry and Asset Handover
The final task in managing a PPP contract is to manage the transition of assets and operations at the end of the contract term. The approach to this transition should be clearly defined in the…
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Dealing with Change
Over the life of a typical PPP contract—10 to 30 years—developments will occur that could not have been predicted when the contract was signed. It is also likely that the parties will dispute…
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Establishing Contract Management Structures
Establishing the contract management structures means defining responsibilities for contract management within government, and how the relationship with the private party will be managed. It also…
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Achieving Contract Effectiveness and Financial Close
Once the government and the preferred bidder have signed the PPP contract, they are contractually committed to implementing the PPP. However, there are several additional steps before project…
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Climate Toolkits
Climate Toolkits The World Bank Group Climate Toolkits for Infrastructure PPPs If structured correctly, PPPs can increase climate resilience offering innovative solutions to address…
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PPP Project Screening and Analytics Tool (PSAT) 2.0
The PPP Project Screening and Analytics Tool (PSAT, or Tool) 2.0 is a Microsoft Excel Visual Basic–based decision-making tool that can be used by countries for the screening and prioritizing of…
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Infrastructure Toolkit
The World Bank Group, together with its development partners, has started to identify what makes a project sustainable, and to codify these characteristics into “standards” or “best practices.” The…
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H1 2019 Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI)
This report describes Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) as indicated in the Private Participa- tion in Infrastructure Database. The database records investment information for…
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Qualitative Value-For-Money Guidance & Toolkit for Assessing PPP Projects in Developing Countries in Asia and the Pacific
The toolkit presented in this document highlights a set of criteria that government officials need to consider when assessing whether a project is likely to achieve “Value-for-Money or VfM” if…
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Benchmarking City Services: Finding the Courage to Improve
This report offers a summary of our findings. In total, 35 different cities participated, representing almost all geographic regions and sizes. Not all cities were able to collect data for all…
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The Compact with Africa Toolbox
Instruments Available to Support Private Investment in Compact with Africa Countries.
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Managing the Bid Process
The central step of procuring PPP projects is generally managing the bid process. This may follow pre-qualification to select the participating bidders (although not always, as described in Deciding…
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Qualifying Bidders
The next step is often to carry out a bidder pre-qualification process to select the companies and consortia that will be invited to submit proposals. Not all countries select qualified bidders in…
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Marketing the PPP
Marketing the PPP helps attract bidders and investors. This is particularly important in the early stage of a PPP program—governments need to make a positive effort to build bidder interest to…
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Deciding the Procurement Strategy
The first step in managing a PPP transaction is defining the procurement strategy. This includes defining the following key aspects of the procurement process:Pre-qualification—whether to use a pre-…
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Termination Provisions
In most cases, PPP contracts have a defined term. The contract typically sets out the contract termination date and arrangements for contract close and asset handover. The PPP contract, or in some…
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Defining Clear Policy and Processes
The World Bank report on the Framework for Unsolicited Proposals (WB 2017d) discusses the need for a clear framework on USPs. Governments must first decide whether to allow USPs as part of their PPP…
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Dealing with Intellectual Property and Confidentiality
Legal provisions for the protection of proprietary information and intellectual property rights encourages investors to submit innovative unsolicited proposals. At the same time, the government needs…
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Creating Competitive Tension
Many private companies submit unsolicited proposals with a view to directly negotiate a contract for the proposed project—creating the problems described in Benefits and Pitfalls of Unsolicited…
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Benefits and Pitfalls of Unsolicited Proposals
Considering unsolicited proposals allows governments to benefit from the knowledge and ideas of the private sector. For example:USPs may allow governments to identify and prioritize projects, help…