The 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.

Published by capacity.org 13 August 2013

Uganda’s national water utility has become known for its successful turnaround under public management. Less well known is that this success owes much

The PRG oversaw the approval process for local authority PFI projects that received Government support through the previous PFI credit system.

Office of the Bulgarian Economic and Commercial Counselor in Kuwait

Legislative framework of concessions

Sites and objects, which are in the exclusive property of the state or a municipality, can be operated by private entities on the basis of a concession contract concluded following the conditions and procedures provided for by the Law on Concessions (for sites which are state property) or the Law on Municipal Property (for sights which are municipal property).

Despite a world awash with liquidity, large infrastructure supply gaps exist across developing and emerging markets. Infrastructure has been largely decentralized to subnational governments (SNGs) in many countries. Many policymakers are keenly interested in developing subnational bond markets to give SNGs access private financing for infrastructure. Despite this, the transaction costs of bond issuance are still prohibitive for small SNGs to access financing.

This law promotes SMEs in public procurement. It indicates for example, that SMEs may participate in selection processes through consortiums or different type of associations, and they may receive an advanced payment of 20% of the project to strengthen their economic capacity.

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