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Multiple instruments can be deployed to improve market performance and outcomes in sectors with SOE presence, and privatization is only one of them. To support governments in navigating the…
Addressing corruption is critical for fostering a fair and transparent economic environment, which in turn creates jobs, attracts investment, and promotes sustainable development. Anticorruption…
Blended finance is a way to improve risk-adjusted returns and mobilize private capital to close infrastructure financing gaps. Sustainable, optimal, and innovative strategies can increase private…
Traditionally, infrastructure service delivery has been the responsibility of government. In some cases, government may solicit private partners to help deliver projects; these are solicited PPPs.…
Based on the Benchmarking Infrastructure Development report, this blog examines how three countries have approached PPP program development. The PPP programs in Colombia, Kenya, and the…
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) recognizes that many governments around the world have turned to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to design, finance, build, and operate infrastructure…
On Wednesday 24 March 2021, The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) held the second webinar in its series of PPP webinars for Anglophone Africa. The objective of the webinar was to explore the use…
People-First PPPs (PfPPPs) set out a clear statement that out of all the project stakeholders, people should be the priority and main beneficiary. The focus of PfPPPs should be in increasing access…
The imperative for leveraging Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to meet the infrastructure development challenges in Africa is no longer a point of dispute. The African Development Bank estimates…
The blog introduced the development of PPP laws in Africa.
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) has developed country profiles to assess the progress of developing PPP legal frameworks in individual African nations. Furthermore, the ALSF has also…
Take a step into a metro station today and there’s no doubt you’ll find countless advertisement banners. It turns out these advertisements play an important role in getting needed infrastructure…
An overview of parking PPPs in the United States.
Saudi Arabia received offers to supply solar electricity for the cheapest prices ever recorded, marking the start of a $50 billion program to diversify the oil producer’s domestic energy…
Energy auction in Chile received the lowest price for solar in the region
This blog introduces the inauguration of the Senegal BRT.
There is an unprecedented interest among African countries in attracting private investment in infrastructure and services to meet the growing national demand. However, while public…
The International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the World Bank and the Government of Singapore announced the launch of the Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust), and that initial…
Carbon forwards allow pre-funding of climate projects that are still in development for a reduced price. It helps organizations to hedge their carbon emissions and manage their exposure to carbon…
This news article is in Spanish.
Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems. For example, it can be produced as a…
Using development rights to acquire land for infrastructure projects in Deep Dives dense urban areas
The municipality of Porto Alegre, the capital and largest city in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, was planning to build a new transit artery connecting 20 neighborhoods across the…
Thimphu thromde is hopeful that they will be able to do away with the parking space along Norzin lam, the city’s main thoroughfare, by June. The thromde is waiting for the completion of the multi-…
Thimphu’s main hope for more parking space for vehicles and reducing traffic congestion are the Thromde’s two Multi level Car Parking (MLCP) projects which are expected to provide additional parking…