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Payment Mechanism
The payment mechanism defines how the private party to the PPP is remunerated. Adjustments to payments to reflect performance or risk factors are also important means for creating incentive and…
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Performance Requirements
The PPP contract should clearly specify what is expected from the private party in terms of the quality and quantity of the assets and services to be provided. For example, this could include…
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Translating Risk Allocation into Contract Structure
Much of the PPP literature focuses on risk allocation. Some of it can give the impression that, once a preferred risk allocation has been settled, this can somehow translate smoothly into a detailed…
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Allocating Risks
Allocating risk, in the context of a PPP, means deciding which party to the PPP contract will bear the cost (or reap the benefit) of a change in project outcomes arising from each risk factor.…
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Identifying Risks
The first step toward structuring the PPP is often to put together a comprehensive list of all the risks associated with the project. Such a list is known as a risk register. In this context, a risk…
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Assessing the Ability to Manage the Project
A less common but still highly relevant component of project assessment focuses on the ability of the procuring authority to manage the delivery of the project, i.e. project preparation, tendering,…
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Assessing Fiscal Implications
A proposed PPP project may be feasible and economically viable, and value for money analysis may show that the PPP is the best option to procure it. Nonetheless, the government also needs to decide…
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Global Program on Developing Good Performance-Based Contracts: Practices for Managing Non-Revenue Water
This tool provides an overview of the process of developing a performance-based contract from the screening phase through contract design with details of each phase. It also includes draft terms…
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Toolkit on Market-Based Approaches in Private Sector Provision of Bus Services
This toolkit is designed to help government officials and policy makers evaluate existing and alternative urban bus systems in developing and transitional countries. It offers practical advice to…
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Assessing Value for Money of the PPP
A key objective of governments in implementing PPPs in infrastructure is to achieve value for money (VFM). Value for money means achieving the optimal combination of benefits and costs in delivering…
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Assessing Commercial Viability
Once a project is established as viable, the next step is to determine whether it would be attractive to the market if structured as a PPP. Generally speaking, private parties will find a project…
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Environmental and Social Studies and Standards
Potential damage to the environment and the impact on populations are key issues when planning infrastructure projects. Besides the cost-benefit analysis that determines whether the expected benefits…
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Hitting the Trillion Mark: A Look at How Much Countries Are Spending on Infrastructure
This paper is structured as follows. It discusses previous efforts at estimating infrastructure spending, explain the available data sets as well as their relative advantages, compare the results…
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A Framework for Disclosure in PPP Projects
WB. 2015a. A Framework for Disclosure in Public-Private Partnerships. Washington, DC: World Bank. [#2906]
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Allocating Risks in PPP Contracts
The guide is made up of 18 annotated risk allocation matrices each specifically tailored to a given project type (such as a road, airport, solar plants or hospital project).…
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SOURCE
SOURCE, a multilateral platform for sustainable infrastructure.
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PPP Qualitative Value-for-Money Toolkit
UNESCAP. Accessed March 10, 2017. Qualitative Value-For- Money Toolkit. Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. [#3793]
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PPP Project Screening and Analytics Tool (PSAT) User Guide
The Project Screening and Analytics Tool (PSAT) is a decision-making tool for preliminary screening to determine projects’ potential suitability for PPP procurement and project…
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Public-Private Partnerships Fiscal Risk Assessment Model (PFRAM) (2019) : Version 2.0
World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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OECD Principles for Public Governance of PPPs
This tool provides concrete guidance to policy makers on how to make sure that PPPs represent value for money for the public sector. They provide guidance on when a PPP is…
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Infrastructure Prioritization Framework (IPF)
Public-Private Partnerships Cross-Cutting Solutions Area & Singapore Infrastructure and Urban Development Hub May 2016
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Assessing Project Feasibility and Economic Viability
Implementing a project as a PPP only makes sense if the project itself is sound. Most governments therefore subject proposed PPP projects to the same technical and economic appraisal as any other…
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Building an Initial PPP Pipeline
In countries with relatively new PPP programs, project selection often means sifting through the project concepts generated by sector agencies and screening them for PPP potential using the approach…
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Screening for PPP Potential
At some point in the process of identifying priority public investments, or sector reform options, projects may be screened for their potential to be implemented as a PPP. The objective of this…
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Identifying Priority Public Investment Projects
The starting point—or precursor—to identifying a potential PPP is identifying a priority public investment project. Many governments have well-defined processes and methodologies for public…