Title: 2015 Water Sector Global PPI Update

Language: English

Type: Document

Nature: Report

Published: January 1, 2016


Region: Global

Country: Global / Non-Specific

Sector: Water and Sanitation

Keywords: Knowledge Lab, Water

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Document Summary:

This note is a product of the Public-Private Partnership Group of the World Bank, and the Private Participation in Infrastructure Database (PPI Database), written by Junsuk Park and edited by Jenny Chao.


Document Details:

This sector note covers private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in low and middle income countries in 2015. The following trends stood out in 2015:

  • Total investment in infrastructure with private participation in the water sector in emerging economies was US$4.1 billion in 2015, 8 percent above the five-year average of US$3.8 billion.
  • Latin America and the Caribbean continued to gain a majority share of water investment for the sixth consecutive year, capturing 58 percent of the total.
  • The top three projects accounted for 60 percent of the total investment.


Updated: March 8, 2022