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Legal and Governance Toolkits

Explore toolkits that support strong legal foundations, and transparent governance:

Legal and Institutional Frameworks

Legal & Institutional Frameworks in Africa: A comparative analysis - PPPs and the frameworks surrounding them: A new comparison tool for Africa (2024).

Public Investment Management Reference Guide -  The Public Investment Management (PIM) Reference Guide aims to convey country experiences and good international practices as a basis for decisions on how to address country-specific PIM reform agendas

Senegal PPP Toolkit (French) -  boîte à outils PPP (PPP toolkit)

Public Private Partnership in India  - A web-based resource designed to help improve decision-making for Project Sponsoring Authorities.

Caribbean PPP Toolkit - The Caribbean Public Private Partnership (PPP) Toolkit consists of six modules structured around the PPP project cycle. The Caribbean PPP Toolkit has been produced by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the World Bank (WB), Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF).

Governance principles and Policy Guidance

IFC Toolkit for Disclosure and Transparency - The toolkit supports the broader World Bank Group’s effort to enhance disclosure and transparency standards in the countries and companies it works with, either as an investor or an adviser, through better annual reporting.

Infrastructure Governance Assessment Framework -  To address governance challenges surrounding infrastructure development and enhance the efficiency of infrastructure investments, the world bank has introduced the infrastructure governance assessment framework, known as infragov.

OECD Principles for Public Governance of PPPs- This tool provides concrete guidance to policy makers on how to make sure that PPPs represent value for money for the public sector. They provide guidance on when a PPP is relevant (e.g. not for projects with rapidly changing technology such as IT, but possibly for well known generic technology such as roads) and focus on how you need to get public sector areas aligned for this to work.

Guidance on PPP Contractual Provisions - This document presents guidance on contractual provisions that can be found in virtually every PPP contract, taking into account feedback received during internal and external consultations with relevant public and private stakeholders.

A Framework for Disclosure in PPP Projects - The framework provides a systematic structure for pro-actively disclosing information regarding public-private partnership (PPP) projects. It can help client countries create effective policies and practices for public disclosure of PPP transactions. The tool was developed at the request of the G-20 and endorsed by them in 2015. A database on disclosure practices in various countries was also developed.

Concession and Risk Management

Concession Toolkit- This report aims at helping policymakers and their advisers to better understand some of the most important and difficult issues related to the design, award, implementation, monitoring, and modification of concessions.

Allocating Risks in Public-Private Partnerships - The GI Hub PPP Risk Allocation Tool serves as a reference guide for governments and other relevant stakeholders in deciding on the appropriate allocation of project risks in a given PPP project, as well as potential risk mitigation measures. The guide is made up of 18 annotated risk allocation matrices each specifically tailored to a given project type (such as a road, airport, solar plants or hospital project).


You can also visit the Online Reference Guide to explore :

What are PPPs, and why use them?

What kind of policy, legal, and institutional framework is need to ensure PPPs achieve their stated objectives efficiently and effectively?

What is the process for developing and implementing a PPP project?

 

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