Over the next decade, the private operator, now named Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia, is expected to invest $8 billion dollars in the country’s telecoms network in the largest ever single foreign direct investment in Ethiopia.

Digitalization is increasing rapidly worldwide, requiring more energy, and resulting in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The report uses a key framework for categorizing energy use and emissions, the greenhouse gas protocol corporate standard. Second, the report addresses the policy and... more

Asia-Pacific Digital Transformation Report 2024- Digital Innovation for Smarter Climate Action by ESCAP. 

he report benchmarks the regulatory framework of 135 economies against international recognized good practices, scoring them on four elements: preparation, procurement, contract management, and treatment of unsolicited proposals. It found that the average performance of each of the categories... more

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The purpose of this toolkit is to help governments and upstream advisors, PPP practitioners, multilateral development banks (MDBs), and private sector stakeholders mainstream gender considerations in infrastructure PPPs. In this toolkit, ‘gender’ is defined in a binary format (women and girls; men... more

PPP Contracts in An Age of Disruption includes the following sections:1.     Context and Aim of the Report2.     Disruptive Technology, Infrastructure and PPPs3.     Enhancing “Innovation Resilience” and the Adoption of Disruptive Technology... more

This Guidance is intended for governments who wish to include public-private partnerships in their toolkit of methods for delivering infrastructure assets and services. It explains why a suitable PPP legal framework is essential and describes mechanisms for designing and implementing such framework... more

The Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), The Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF), and (International Finance Corporation Public-Private Partnership (IFC PPP) Transaction and Advisory Services have joined forces to build upon best practice on a topic at the cross-roads of... more

The review goes beyond publications produced by MDBs and other multilateral institutions to include academic literature on gender & politics. This literature is particularly helpful in understanding (i) the complexities of gender-based social marginalization, and (ii) challenges that ... more

The report frames the World Bank’s contribution to the G20’s Policy Agenda under Italy’s presidency on Infrastructure Maintenance and draws on several recent World Bank reports, including Beyond the Gap and Lifelines. Building on the World Bank’s operational and... more

Note 1 Assessing Operational PPP Portfolios This note discusses key operational considerations when trying to maintain services during the COVID-19 crisis and recalibrating the PPP project in the short term. It builds on early lessons from the pandemic response and provides general guidance that... more

The PPP Risk Allocation Tool 2019 Edition is the second edition of the guidance tool, with the first edition focused only on economic infrastructure in the transport, energy, water and waste sectors. The 2016 version of the guidance tool was delivered in 2016 by global law firm Norton Rose... more

Watch this space. Pandemics and PPPs section is intended to be a living document and will be reviewed at regular intervals. Let us know what you think by taking a Quick Survey. PPP contracts are uniquely long-term arrangements between the public and private sectors which... more

Written by Jason Zhengrong Lu, Jenny Jing Chao and James Robert Sheppard, World Bank study supported by the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) and Public-Private Infrastructure Facility (PPIAF), December 2019. This publication provides guidance to government officials in emerging markets... more

The tool presents a framework which details six Action Areas, or themes, related to infrastructure development, and provides related guidance under each, which are then illustrated by real-life examples, including eight detailed case studies. These real-life projects have embedded inclusivity at... more

The draft Guide to Community Engagement for PPPs is open for public consultation to capture inputs and recommendations by all relevant stakeholders. The guide has been prepared by the Community Development Team within the International Finance Corporation and the PPP team within the... more

The Municipal PPP Framework is a tool developed specifically for local governments to help them understand and implement PPPs, keeping in mind their characteristics, needs and challenges. The Framework is inspired by best practices from PPPs around the world adjusted to be most relevant for... more

Among the many benefits that PPPs can bring, PPPs can build local capacity and expertise (resulting in more cost efficiencies), encourage increased competition, and create opportunities for broader economic growth. To enjoy such benefits, involving small and medium enterprises (SMEs)* in PPPs is... more

The majority of greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions today is associated with carbon-intense infrastructure construction and operation, particularly in the energy, public transport, water supply and sanitation sectors. At the same time, it is expected that economies will need to make significant... more