Good infrastructure is crucial to a country’s development and continued success. Russia’s developmental goals require new and upgraded infrastructure throughout its territory. Private investment in capital projects will be vital for Russia to meet these goals. To facilitate private investment, the Russian government has embarked on a series of reforms aimed at improving the investment climate and creating a robust institutional framework for private sector participation in concessions and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).

This paper reviews reform progress in the railway sector in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It primarily focuses on Estonia , Croatia , Kazakhstan , Poland , Romania , and Russian Federation .

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EBRD. 2007. Law in Transition 2007: Public-private partnerships and legal reform in Russia. London: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. [#4595]

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Procuring Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships 2018 is designed to help governments improve their PPP regulatory quality. By benchmarking the regulatory frameworks of economies around the world against internationally recognized good practices in procuring PPPs, this assessment identifies areas for improvement in the preparation, procurement, and management of PPPs.

Federal Law No. 224-FZ on Public-Private Partnership, Municipal-Private Partnership in the Russian Federation and on Amendments to Certain Laws of the Russian Federation dated 13 July 2015 (the “PPP Law”);

Federal Law No. 115-FZ on Concession Agreements” dated 21 July 2005 (the “Concession Law”);

Most Russian regions have adopted their own regional PPP laws

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The National Center for PPP. Facilitation of investments in the development of public infrastructure to raise the quality of living.