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Challenges and opportunities in public-private partnerships (PPPs) for housing low-income earners in Nigeria

Since 2002 when the Nigerian government gave official recognition to public-private partnerships (PPPs) in housing, several PPP housing projects have been implemented in this country. However, the…

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Niger: Cotecna Inspections Niamey Liaison Office

This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector…

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Open Data + Increased Disclosure = Better PPPs

This article is extracted from Handshake Issue #17: Data.

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Public-Private Partnerships for Emerging Market Health

A briefing paper from the IFC Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Think Tank discussion at the 2019 Global Private Health Care Conference

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Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Asia 2018

The Infrascope Index is a benchmarking tool that evaluates the capacity of countries to implement sustainable and efficient public-private partnerships (PPPs) in four key sectors: transport,…

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GI Hub Launches Project Pipeline

The Global Infrastructure Hub has launched its Project Pipeline, an online platform to provide the private sector with free information about government infrastructure projects across the world.

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Honduras: Promosas Water

This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector…

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The Multilateral Project Preparation and Tracking Platform

Presentations for the Third Global Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance and Tools

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Ukraine: Odessa Port

This series showcases how the World Bank Group supports the development and implementation of public-private partnerships. This support comes in the form of public sector loans, private sector…

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Using the Right Tools: Risk Allocation Tool

Presentations for the Third Global Roundtables on Infrastructure Governance and Tools

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PPPs and State Aid

This report has been written to help PPP practitioners understand more about how State aid policy interacts with the procurement and delivery of PPPs. The intention of the report is to be as…

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The Legal Regime of Utility Services and Public-Private Partnership in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The author analyzes the state regulation of utilities and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and points to the different models of implementation of the PPP, as well as…

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Contract farming and public–private partnerships in aquaculture: Lessons learned from East African countries

This report presents the lessons learned from a project in four East African countries – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda – focusing on youth and their agribusinesses. In Burundi and Rwanda, poultry…

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Technology to Improve Infrastructure Governance - A Perspective of Indian Power System

Regional Roundtable on Infrastructure Governance Regulation, Governance and Transparency

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Climate Change and Natural Disasters

The risk of natural disasters affects infrastructure projects and must be considered throughout the project cycle. Climate change introduces additional challenges by increasing uncertainty and the…

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Infrastructure in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

Countries are classified as fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) for diverse reasons. The OECD Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States (OECD 2007c) describe FCS as facing…

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Inadequate Maintenance

Infrastructure assets are often under-maintained, either because maintenance is poorly planned or because planned maintenance is deferred. Political consideration or pursuit of personal gain often…

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Weak Management

A common rationale for involving the private sector in infrastructure provision is that the private sector is more efficient and effective at managing infrastructure construction projects, and at…

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Poor Planning and Project Selection

Scarce resources are too often spent on poorly-selected projects that fail to achieve benefits commensurate with their cost. The result can be under-used assets and poor service delivery at a higher…

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Insufficient Funds

Infrastructure investment is typically under-funded—that is, most countries are not investing enough to meet strategic objectives, such as universal access or poverty eradication. This suggests that…

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How PPPs Are Used: Sectors and Services

PPPs have been used in a wide range of sectors to procure different kinds of assets and services. In all cases, the PPP project constitutes or contributes to the provision of public assets or…