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Addressing Legal Constraints
Following a review of issues in the legal environment of the host country that may have an impact on the scope of the proposed PPP program or project, the government needs to determine whether it is…
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Key Features of Common and Civil Law Systems
Common Law SystemCountries following a common law system are typically those that were former British colonies or protectorates, including the United States.Features of a common law system include:…
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Checklist: Drafting TORs for Advisors
WHAT TYPE OF ADVISOR IS REQUIRED? There are a number of potential advisors that a Government may need to consider using on an infrastructure project. For instance, if the project is looking at…
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Procurement Processes and Bidding Documents
Where PPP projects involve funding from the World Bank, then the World Bank Procurement Guidelines and Procedures will apply. This section also includes useful template bidding documents.Most of…
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Governance, Transparency and Anticorruption
Addressing Corruption Risks in Infrastructure ProjectsPoor governance and corruption undermine the economies of developing countries as well as the World Bank's core mission of poverty reduction and…
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Land, Environmental and Social Issues
Land Rights and AcquisitionEstablishment of rights and title over, and use of, land is key to infrastructure projects where a private service provider is investing in assets attached to land and…
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Full Divestiture and Privatization
Form of Divestiture and PrivatizationTypically a government intending to divest of utility assets will sell shares in the utility or transfer assets into a special purpose company and sell shares in…
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Joint Ventures and Government Shareholding in Project Companies
What are Joint VenturesJoint ventures between the public and private sectors in PPP arise when:when a contracting authority requires an equity stake ("shares") in the project company/ operator. This…
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Concessions Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Design-Build-Operate (DBO) Projects
Overview of Concessions, BOTs, DBO ProjectsA Concession gives a concessionaire the long term right to use all utility assets conferred on the concessionaire, including responsibility for operations…
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Leases and Affermage Contracts
When to choose Leases and Affermage Contractswhen private equity and commercial debt are not available for water supply and sanitation;the awarding authority wants to combine public financing with…
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Structuring Management, Operation and Maintenance Services
What Are Management and "Operation and Maintenance" Contracts?The term "management contract" has been applied to cover a range of contracts from technical assistance contracts through to full-blown…
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Civil Works and Service Contracts
Utilities commonly source goods and services from private sector third parties, whether to purchase spare parts or stationery, or to procure civil works such as laying pipes or cables. Utilities may…
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Approaches to Utility Reform
Features of a Well-Run UtilityThe features that often define a well-run utility, whether fully public or one with some private sector involvement, include:Operational Autonomy. Being independent to…
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Public-Private Partnerships for Transport
Public-private partnerships (“PPPs”) can be an effective way to build and implement new infrastructure or to renovate, operate, maintain or manage existing transport infrastructure facilities. In…
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Water & Sanitation PPPs
Almost fifty percent of the developing world’s population - 2.5 billion people – lack improved sanitation facilities, and almost 1 billion people still use unsafe drinking water sources, and even…
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Power and Renewable Energy PPPs
Energy is a broad sector that holds two important yet very different industries: the oil and gas sector and the power sector. The focus of the Public-Private Partnership Resource Center is on…
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Regulatory Systems and Sector Overview
Key Considerations in Design of Regulatory FrameworkBy SectorGENERAL MATERIALS:Contracting Out Regulatory FunctionsInfrastructure Regulation: Developing CountriesGENERAL:What is Regulation?Why…
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Legislation and Laws - General and Sector Specific
The Legal Framework Assessment provides a summary of key areas of a host country's existing laws that will need to be reviewed when a government embarks on an infrastructure project, particularly one…
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PPP Legal Foundations - Further Reading
For users seeking deeper insight into PPP legal systems and institutional structures, the following resources provide authoritative guidance, comparative analysis, and global best practices.Further…
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Guidelines & Tools
This section highlights a curated set of tools developed by the World Bank Group (WBG) to assist with key stages of the infrastructure and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) lifecycle. The tools are…
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MRWA Supplement to Austroads Guide to Road Design
This Supplement has been developed to be read in conjunction with Austroads Guide to Road Design (GRD) Part 1: Introduction to Road Design (2015), a copy of which can be purchased via the …
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Australian Transport Assessment and Planning Guidelines
Guidelines cover public, road and rail transport, and include appropriate guidance on climate change adaptation for transport planning and project appraisal.
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ANSI/ASHRAE Climatic Data for Building Design Standards
ANSI/ASHRAE Climatic Data for Building Design Standards (169-2013)- Standard serves as a comprehensive source of climate data for those involved in building design, and provides a variety of…
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Standardization Guidance for Weather Data, Climate Information and Climate Change Projections
The report examines the state of climate information in Canada and highlights how it can be integrated into infrastructure design decisions to make them more climate resilient and better able to…
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Technical Guide - Development, interpretation, and use of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) information: Guideline for Canadian water resources practitioners
The goal of this Guideline is inter alia to provide some of the first formal evidence and advice for the incorporation of forward-looking information into IDF values and related design activities,…