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Case 19: Tajikistan Energy Sector Pamir Private Power Project (PPPP)
Following the humanitarian crisis, years of traditional development revealed a growth choke point – energy. Working with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, World Bank Group and SECO, AKFED…
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Robust Decision-Making in the Water Sector: A Strategy for Implementing Lima’s Long-Term Water Resources Master Plan
This study helped SEDAPAL, the water utility serving Lima, Peru, answer question how the water resource agencies can make smart investments to ensure long-term water reliability when the future is…
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Contracting Tools for Non-Revenue Water Reduction
Benefits of Reducing Non-Revenue Waterit can significantly improve cash flow and financial viability of utilities.It enables more people to have access to water connections, and at a higher quality…
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Government Guarantees Allocating and valuing risk in privately financed infrastructure projects
Many governments want private firms to finance new infrastructure. The firms, in turn, often want the government to bear some of the risks. They might ask the government to compensate them if demand…
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IFC Infraventures
IFC InfraVentures.
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IFC Infraventures: The IFC Global Infrastructure Project Development Fund
IFC InfraVentures is a $150 million global infrastructure project development fund that has been created as part of World Bank Group’s efforts to increase the pipeline of bankable projects in…
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Pulkovo Airport
The Project is to expand, develop, operate and maintain Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. In order to modernize the airport and address capacity constraints, the City decided to…
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Guinea : Electricité de Guinée
Guinean’s national power utility, Electricité de Guinée (EDG), is responsible for providing power generation, transmission, and distribution services across the country. However, electricity…
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Saudi Arabia : Hajj Airport Terminal
The millions of religious pilgrims who visit Makkah and Madinah every year are experiencing better quality services at the Hajj Terminal at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz InternationalAirport as a…
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The Economics Of Road Investment
Author: John Hine
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Output-Based Aid in Chad : Using Performance-Based Contracts to Improve Roads
To tackle the poor internal integration, the government formulated the National Transport Program in 1999. And to address the need for sustainable road maintenance, it started a pilot project that…
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Water Sector Experience of Output-Based Aid
The purpose of the study on which this report is based is to analyze, capture and synthesize lessons learned from closed GPOBA water projects in order to evaluate the impact of the subsidy schemes…
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Renegotiation of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
Public-private partnerships (P3s) typically rely on long-term contracts between participants. When conditions arise that fall outside the expectations embodied in the contract, one party may seek to…
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The Issues and Challenges of Reducing Non-Revenue Water
Chronic water losses have been the hallmark of urban Asia’s water management over the decades and reducing these water losses is critical. Active water loss reduction programs have been…
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How (In)accurate are demand forecasts in public works projects? the case of transportation
This study of 210 transport projects in 14 countries finds that traffic was over-estimated for nine out of ten rail projects, by an average of 106 percent. The accuracy of traffic forecasts also…
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Private Financing of Toll Roads
This study provides an overview of the issues and challenges related to private toll road development by considering the experience of eight privately financed toll road projects. The projects…
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Innovative Mechanisms for Fiscal Transfers to Municipalities: The Canadian Experience in Municipal Financing
Innovative Mechanisms for Fiscal Transfers to Municipalities: The Canadian Experience in Municipal Financing. Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Ottawa, Canada. Highlights some of the…
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RAILPAG: Railway Project Appraisal Guidelines
The RAILPAG (Railway Project Appraisal Guidelines) aim at providing a common framework for the appraisal of railway projects across the EU. They are the result of a similar harmonisation exercise as…
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Independent Power Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa
The track record of Sub-Saharan Africa’s power sector is dismal. Two out of three households in Sub-Saharan Africa, close to 600 million people, have no electricity connection. Most…
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Regulating Water Concessions: Lessons from the Buenos Aires concession
Regulating Water Concessions: Lessons from the Buenos Aires concession. Viewpoint Note 91.The Argentine government privatized the water and sewerage services in greater Buenos Aires by concession.…
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Tolling Principles
Highway tolls can provide a new, stable and dedicated source of funding of highway infrastructure. By applying the ‘user pays’ principle, governments can direct scarce budget resources elsewhere and…
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Delivering Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Fragile States: Professionalizing drinking water service delivery in small towns of Haiti
This document aims to share lessons learned from the implementation of the World Bank financed component of the rural water supply and sanitation project (EPAR) in the Sud region after its final…
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The Key to Good Governance and Development.
Public-private dialogue (PPD) provides a structured, participatory, and inclusive approach to policymaking directed at reforming governance and the business climate, especially where other policy…
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Regulation by Contract: A New Way to Privatize Electricity Distribution?
In many developing countries, both governments and investors have expressed disappointment with the performance of recently privatized electricity distribution companies. This paper examines whether…
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Infrastructure Finance: Traffic Risk in Start-Up Toll Facilities
The publication of this study reflects the continued commitment of the European Infrastructure Financing Ratings team to coverage of the highway sector. It is intended to enhance our enviable…