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Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure in Latin America: Instruments, Strategies and Partnerships for Institutional Investors Mobilization
The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted global and regional economies, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with an 8.1% economic contraction in 2020. Global energy demand fell…
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COVID -19 Operational Disruptions in Infrastructure
The number of infrastructure projects that have been reported to be cancelled or delayed in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is 256 as of September 25, 2020.
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COVID-19: Opportunities for African governments in the Public-Private Partnership
This report addresses four areas for which PPPs may serve as useful tools to governments in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis.
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AI for Disease Outbreak and Pandemics
Document prepared by the GI Hub.
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COVID-19 and Public–Private Partnerships in Asia and the Pacific: Guidance Note
The guidance note looks at these impacts as well as the implications for contractual arrangements. The paper considers how COVID-19 has impacted PPP projects generally (including projects already…
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Pandemics and PPP Case Studies
Check out the Municipal Case Stories section for examples on disruptive events or see some examples below. See Pandemics and PPPs to find out more.
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Pandemics and PPPs
The Pandemics and PPPs section is intended to address issues which may arise as PPP contracts come under stress due to the impact of a pandemic. How can unforeseen events, such as Covid-19, affect…
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Managing the Fiscal Implications of Public-Private Partnerships in a Sustainable and Resilient Manner: A Compendium of Good Practices and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
This report aims to illustrate how to improve fiscal risk management and treatment of FCCL arising from PPP projects, to build better Infrastructure post-COVID-19. It intends to be a resource for…
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Contracts and COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020—as well as government orders to contain it—has prevented countless people, babysitters to basketball players, from fulfilling their contracts. Are all of these parties…
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Maximizing Revenue for Funding Infrastructure
Governments usually lay the burden of payments for infrastructure services on a narrow range of users with shortfalls funded by governments. Governments tend to look for revenues from…
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Africa Community Forum: Climate-Smart PPPs for a Green, Resilient and Inclusive Recovery
The combination of rapid urbanization and increasing vulnerability due to climate change is putting urgent pressure on the infrastructure of emerging and developing economies (EMDEs). At the same…
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PPP Legal Frameworks Post Covid-19
PPP Legal Frameworks Post Covid-19. To remedy impacts of the current COVID-19 crisis on PPP programs and projects, governments are analyzing possible actions to stabilize markets and prevent project…
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COVID-19 & infrastructure: Why governments must act to protect projects
Here are steps that governments can take to support infrastructure in the crisis.
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Covid-19 and PPPs
'The COVID-19 pandemic presents an unforeseen major shock to the global economy and has affected infrastructure projects, and in particular PPPs, at all stages and in all sectors with implications…
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EBRD Covid-19 Response: Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Discussion Paper
Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Discussion Paper
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EIB financing to support COVID-19 recovery
The EIB Group is working hard with all partners to ensure its response to the coronavirus pandemic is as ambitious as possible.
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How will coronavirus affect public-private partnerships?
The virus’ economic impacts on PPPs will place a tremendous burden on project stakeholders, users, the private corporate sector, and the public sector for weeks, months, or years.
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How the World Bank is looking at COVID-19 and public-private partnerships, right now and post-crisis
We know that healthy cooperation with the private sector will be more important than ever as countries exit the COVID-19 crisis even more fiscally constrained.
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COVID-19 and infrastructure: A very tricky opportunity
COVID-19 forces us to consider challenges that existed before the crisis that are fundamental to how we tackle infrastructure provision over the long run. More
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Countries must seize opportunity to build infrastructure sustainably in the wake of COVID-19
Jérôme Haegeli, Group Chief Economist for Swiss Re and Co-Chair of the Global Infrastructure Facility’s Advisory Council, lays out five key principles that can serve as a blueprint to help countries…
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Building socially influenced infrastructure projects in developing Asia: Why now?
The reality is that Asia’s rapid, consistent economic growth hasn’t been inclusive. While reduction in extreme poverty has taken place at almost the same speed as GDP growth in the past two…
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Brave new world – the impact of COVID-19 on upcoming and ongoing PPP tenders
“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because it was a different world then. So which way should we go from here?” – Alice in Wonderland As we look into this new year, it does indeed bring a…
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Bouncing back is not enough. Let’s bounce forward to infrastructure resilience
If you’ve watched Game of Thrones, you might find that the Night King and his White Walkers are an eerily precise allegory for climate change. It…
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A year helping governments roll with COVID-19’s punches to infrastructure PPPs: What we’ve learned
To ensure we capture lessons learned and share knowledge and current practice widely, the World Bank has produced a Practice Note on Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Operational PPP Projects…
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2019 brought private investment in infrastructure to more countries: Is there a message for policymakers amid COVID-19?
Infrastructure financing has evolved in order to cope with the risks specific to different environments, and DFIs have been playing a key role in providing more innovative financing options. …