Corruption continues to have a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable, increasing the cost of, and reducing access to, health, education, justice, electricity and other basic services, thereby exacerbating inequality. It reduces private investment as it increases risks for investors, with consequent effects on growth and jobs. It distorts public spending decisions and weakens the quality of public investments as substandard infrastructure gets built and the regulatory systems for quality control and safety are bypassed.

The toolkit draws on IFC's emerging markets investment experience and integrates its Environmental and Social Sustainability Performance Standards and Corporate Governance Methodology.

Power point presentation dated January 2009 prepared by the Alternative Energy Resources Department of the Secretary of Planning and Energy Development of the Minister of Mines and Energy -- provides comprehensive data, graphs and maps on PROINFA results, costs, challenges and opportunities, and also reference to PROINFA’s legal and regulatory framework and financing mechanism.

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Energy and Power.

Principes fondamentaux d'une loi moderne sur les concessions (LMC)

Author: Robert N. Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Member of the Board; Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements

PROINFA Update– Power Point Presentation by Minister of Mines and Energy

Prepared by the Alternative Energy Resources Department of the Secretary of Planning and Energy Development of the Minister of Mines and Energy. The presentation provides comprehensive data, graphs and maps on PROINFA results, costs, challenges and opportunities, and also reference to PROINFA’s legal and regulatory framework and financing mechanism.

Largement répandu, en Europe notamment, mais nouveau en Afrique où il est essentiellement connuà travers les Agetip, le concept de maîtrise d’ouvrage déléguée semble peiner à trouver sa place en Afrique.

Intended to be a practical toolkit, the guidebook includes an annex that covers Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology and highlights aspects of the CSP project development process that differ from the equivalent. It also has annexes on construction, operation and maintenance contract terms.

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Governments around the world, and especially in developing countries, struggle to develop and maintain infrastructure that supports national economic growth and delivers basic services to their citizens. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have a long history of funding and delivering infrastructure. Under the right conditions, such partnerships can be a viable option to deliver infrastructure services that enable growth and serve citizens. This free online course outlines the role of PPPs in the delivery of infrastructure services.