Legal Framework/ Enabling Environment Assessment for PPPs

Legal Systems - Overview

• Sources of Law
• Key Features of Common Law or Civil Law Systems
• Key Issues in Civil Law systems that may impact PPP arrangements
• Finding Solutions to Constraints in the Host Country's Legal Environment

Further Reading

World Bank Guidance on PPP Legal Frameworks

This report provides succinct guidance to governments on developing a sustainable PPP legal framework, prepared by the World Bank and published on Jun 16 2022.

• World Bank Guidance on PPP Legal Frameworks

ALSF on Legal and Institutional Frameworks in Africa

The African Legal Support Facility, ALSF, has developed a new tool, published in 2024, that provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the existing African legal and institutional PPP frameworks.

• Legal & Institutional Frameworks in Africa: A comparative analysis

PPP Reference Guide

The Reference Guide provides the most relevant examples and resources on key PPP topics and helps readers navigate the substantial body of knowledge that has been generated across the world by practitioners from governments, international development institutions, academia, and the private sector. 

• PPP Reference Guide

Evaluating the Legal Environment

Read more at Evaluating the Host Country's Legal Environment. Set out below are some of the key questions regarding the host country's Legal Environment that need to be asked when a Government is embarking on an infrastructure program or project: