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PPP ONLINE REFERENCE: GLOSSARY

Find your way around PPPs and infrastructure projects with an exhaustive list of commonly used terms. Scroll through the page or click the quick links arranged alphabetically below.  Check the…

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InfraCo Asia

InfraCo Asia Development Pte Ltd (InfraCo Asia) is a commercially managed infrastructure development and investment company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), headquartered in…

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Les infrastructures à l’horizon 2030 (Volume 2): Électricité, eau et transports : quelles politiques?

A French version. Presents the results of a global infrastructure needs study, reviewing trends and challenges in the electricity, water, and transport sectors, and providing policy…

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Partnerships Victoria: Practitioners' Guide

The Partnerships Victoria policy of June 2000 provides a framework for developing contractual relationships between the Victorian Government and private parties for the delivery of public …

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Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option

The Development Policy Loan with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) is a contingent credit line that provides immediate liquidity to IBRD member countries in the aftermath of a natural…

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Financing PFI Projects in the Credit Crisis and the Treasury’s Response, Ninth Report of Session 2010-11

The Treasury of the United Kingdom outlines its response to the financial crisis, which included establishing an Infrastructure Finance Unit to provide lending at commercial terms to projects unable…

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Government Response to Report on Private Finance Projects and Off-Balance Sheet Debt

Sets out HM Treasury’s response to the Select Committee’s report, providing further detail and commentary on the practices and results of PFI in the United Kingdom.

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Roads to Nowhere: How corruption in public investment hurts growth

Drawing on cross-country analysis, argues that corruption reduces growth, by increasing public investment while reducing its productivity—increasing investment expenditure, but with lower expenditure…

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Islamic Finance and Economic Development: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future

Occasional Paper No. 370The Study starts by asking some fundamental qustions as to what role Islamic finance can play in socio-economic development, how similar or different it is from the…

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Managing PPPs for Budget Sustainability: The Case of PPPs in Portugal, from Problems to Solutions

Considering that Portugal is currently suffering one of the most severe financial crisis in its history, this paper examines to what extent PPPs have contributed to Portugal’s external debt problems…

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Climate Change and Infrastructure Impacts: Comparing the Impact on Roads in Ten Countries through 2100

An academic study on Climate Change and Infrastructure Impacts on roads shows how pro-active adaptation measures result in lower fiscal costs and higher connectivity rates as early as 2025.

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Delivering the PPP Promise: A Review of PPP Issues and Activity

Section 2 succinctly describes the advantages and disadvantages of using PPPs.

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The Power of Public Investment Management : Transforming Resources into Assets for Growth

This publication consists of seven chapters: building a system for public investment management; a unified framework for public investment management; country experiences of public investment…

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Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility website

PRIF is a multi-partner coordination and technical assistance facility established in 2008 to help improve the quality and coverage of infrastructure in the Pacific. 

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Toolkit for Public-Private Partnerships in Roads and Highways: N4 Toll Road from South Africa to Mozambique

N4 Toll Road from South Africa to Mozambique represents an example of a successful PPP toll road implementation in the African context.

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Private Infrastructure Development Group website

The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is an innovative infrastructure project developer and investor which mobilises private investment in sustainable and inclusive infrastructure in…

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Pension Funds Investment in Infrastructure

 A survey of a sample of the most significant actors was then launched by the OECD within the framework of the OECD Project on Transcontinental Infrastructure 2030-2050. The main countries that…

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Infrastructure to 2030 Mapping Policy for Electricity, Water and Transport (Vol.2)

Infrastructure systems play a vital role in economic and social development. Increasingly interdependent, they are a means towards ensuring the delivery of goods and services that promote economic…

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Lessons from PFI and other projects

An extensive review of the PFI program and other large infrastructure projects by the National Audit Office to evaluate value-for-money of the program and the performance of government units.

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Performance of PFI Construction

NAO. 2009b. Performance of PFI Construction. London: National Audit Office. [#2218]

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PFI: Construction Performance

Most construction work under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is being delivered on time and at the cost expected by the public sector. Central government has generally obtained a much higher…

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The Nitty Gritty of Supporting Islamic Finance, from MIGA

MIGA recently closed its second transaction supporting a project with an Islamic financing structure—the first was for a port project in Djibouti back in 2007. For this new…

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An Introduction to Islamic Project Finance

The market for Shari'a compliant project finance in the Middle East has grown significantly over the past decade, with a number of landmark transactions being closed in the region. Whilst…