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Output Based Aid: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
OBA projects are delivering a range of essential services, from improved water supply to electricity access, reproductive health services, roads, telephone and Internet access, and education. OBA is…
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Bridging global infrastructure gaps
Describes state of global infrastructure needs and opportunities to mitigate the spending deficit.
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Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year
This report first addresses the question of the size of the infrastructure gap, focusing on transport (road, rail, ports, and airports), power, and water, as well as communications…
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Public–Private Partnerships Policy and Practice A Reference Guide 2010
Section 7 reviews PPP experience in Commonwealth developing countries. Annex 5 presents case studies of 11 PPP projects, in the water, transport, power, and health sectors in Africa, Asia and…
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Explanatory Notes on Key Topics in the Regulation of Water and Sanitation Services
This paper addresses some of the confusion that has come up on what regulation means in the context of water supply and sanitation (WSS) services. In particular, it strives to answer questions about…
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Working Together: Assessing public-private partnerships in Africa
Reviews PPP experience in Africa, with detailed case studies of eight projects in the transport, prisons, telecommunications, water, power, and tourism sectors.
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Public-Private Partnerships: Principles of Policy and Finance
This book reviews the general policy issues which arise for the public sector in considering whether to adopt the PPP procurement route, and the specific application of this policy approach in PPP…
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Understanding Options for Public-Private Partnerships in Infrastructure
This paper provides a methodology for categorizing public-private partnerships in infrastructure, based on the following key characteristics: whether the project involves new or existing business,…
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PPP Contract Types and Terminology
Most PPP projects present a contractual term between 20 and 30 years; others have shorter terms; and a few last longer than 30 years. The term should always be long enough for the private party to…
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Guide de référence des PPP Version 2 - Module 2
The French version of the PPP Reference Guide - module 2
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How PPPs Are Financed
Key ResourcesHow PPPs Are FinancedFarquharson, Edward, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, E. R. Yescombe, and Javier Encinas. 2011. How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private…
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Infrastructure Challenges and How PPPs Can Help
How PPPs can helpPPPs can help overcome some of these pervasive challenges, as illustrated in The Challenges with Infrastructure and How PPPs Can Help. For example:Under the right circumstances…
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What is a PPP: Defining "Public-Private Partnership"
This section fleshes out this definition with more detail, describing PPP contract types (PPP Contract Types and Terminology), the terminology used to describe them; and clarifying related types of…
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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
The main website of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
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Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) main website. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was founded in 1956. See their website for more information about their work.
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PPP Reference Guide - PPP Cycle
Provides guidance on each stage of developing and implementing a PPP project—from initially identifying candidate projects to managing PPP contracts through the project lifetime. This module…
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PPP Reference Guide - PPP Framework
Describes the elements of a sound legal and institutional PPP framework—that is, the policy, processes, institutions, and rules that together define how PPPs will be identified and implemented, and…
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PPP Reference Guide - Introduction
Provides an overview of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)—what they are, how they are used to provide infrastructure assets and services, their benefits, and their pitfalls
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PPP Reference Guide - PPP Basics
The module provides an overview of PPPs, and discusses projects and contracts where there is a public interest in the provision of services and where the project involves long-life assets linked…