Interview: Kang-Soo Kim is Executive Director, Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (PIMAC), at the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the Republic of Korea’s leading think tank on national economic development. As part of KDI, PIMAC is responsible for comprehensive management of public and PPP investments; it provides ex ante and ex post evaluations on government projects and supports implementation of PPP projects. Here, he explains to Handshake readers how national PPP units can influence regional economic performance.