Improving air transport is crucial to Papua New Guinea’s economic and social development, and the key to improving connectivity in the country.

The Civil Aviation Development Investment Program, a project supported by a multitranche financing facility from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is establishing a sustainable civil aviation network for Papua New Guinea by improving airport facilities and services, and building the capacity of civil aviation agencies.

The project offers lessons for large-scale development projects that require long-term investments.

The list functions primarily as a tool to help the WBG adapt its approaches, policies, and instruments in difficult and complex environments. The WBG also uses it for monitoring and accountability around its support for the most vulnerable and marginalized communities.

A durable exit from poverty and insecurity for the world’s most fragile states will need to be driven by their own leadership and people. International actors can affect outcomes in fragile states in both positive and negative ways. International engagement will not by itself put an end to state fragility, but the adoption of the following shared Principles can help maximise the positive impact of engagement and minimise unintentional harm.

Private sector investment is essential to support the budgets of governments to deliver basic infrastructure services. Especially in the developing world, PPPs can enhance the scope, quality and timely delivery of basic public services. However, a number of factors make it difficult for the private sector to get involved in the delivery of infrastructure services in developing countries.

Find reading materials and resources on PPPs in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States.

Examples of private sector engagement in the provision of infrastructure services in FCS as well as case studies that show the difficulties in implementing PPPs in FCS organized by sector and country are set out below: 

• Infrastructure

• Information and communications technology (ICT) 

• Power

• Solid Waste Management

Examples of PPP project documents, contracts and contractual provisions that relate to successful PPP infrastructure projects in high-risk environments, in particular FCS, organized by sector and country: 

• Power

• Transport

• Water

Power

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Find on this page:

• PPP Policies, Laws and Regulations in FCS

• Sector-specific policies, laws, regulations and guidelines in FCS

  • ICT

  • Power

• Robust institutional, legal and regulatory framework applicable to privately financed infrastructure

• Competitive and transparent procurement processes 

• Protection of investors and lenders

The difficult political, economic and regulatory environment in FCS creates challenges for PPPs, where the long pay-back phase for the private sector investors and lenders leaves them exposed to public sector risk over an extended period. This means that classic PPP models are not well suited to such situations and either