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Making Informed Investment Decisions in an Uncertain World
Governments invest billions of dollars annually in long-term projects. Yet deep uncertainties pose formidable challenges to making near-term decisions that make longterm sense. Methods that identify…
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Cost-Benefit Analysis, 4th Edition
A practical introduction to cost-benefit analysis through problem solving. This authoritative, market-leading text is known for its consistent application of a nine-step framework for conducting…
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The Allocation of Risk in PPP/PFI Construction Projects in the UK
Public-private partnership (PPP) procurement is seen as an effective way to achieve value for money (VFM) in public infrastructure projects. The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in the UK is a form…
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The Key to Good Governance and Development.
Public-private dialogue (PPD) provides a structured, participatory, and inclusive approach to policymaking directed at reforming governance and the business climate, especially where other policy…
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Regulation by Contract: A New Way to Privatize Electricity Distribution?
In many developing countries, both governments and investors have expressed disappointment with the performance of recently privatized electricity distribution companies. This paper examines whether…
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Infrastructure Finance: Traffic Risk in Start-Up Toll Facilities
The publication of this study reflects the continued commitment of the European Infrastructure Financing Ratings team to coverage of the highway sector. It is intended to enhance our enviable…
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Traffic Forecasting Risk Study Update 2005: Through Ramp-Up and Beyond
Traffic Forecasting Risk Study Update 2005: Through Ramp-Up And Beyond. Since 2002, Standard & Poor's has been compiling data on toll road traffic forecasting performance, comparing…
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National Public Private Partnership Guidelines - Volume 4: Public Sector Comparator Guidance
The National PPP Guidelines provide a framework that enables both the public and private sectors to work together to improve public service delivery through private sector provision of…
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National Public Private Partnership Guidelines - Volume 2
The National PPP Guidelines provide a framework that enables the public and private sectors to work together to improve public service delivery through private sector provision of infrastructure and…
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Disincentivising Overbidding for Toll Road Concessions
This study focuses on the phenomenon of overbidding for toll road concessions. Overbidding refers to bidding beyond an asset’s worth, typically in the transport sector through the submission of over-…
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The Buenos Aires Water Concession
The Buenos Aires concession shows how important transparent, rule-based decision-making is to maintain public trust in regulated infrastructure.
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Climate Screening and Adaptation Review and Evaluation Procedures
Provides an overview of AfDB’s Climate Risk Management and Adaptation Strategy which includes climate screening at the project preparation level.
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Public-Private Partnership Handbook (ADB)
This Public–Private Partnership (PPP) Handbook is designed for the staff of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its developing member countries’ clients. It provides an overview of the role, design…
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Handbook for Integrating Risk Analysis in the Economic Analysis of Projects
The purpose of this Handbook is to support the development of a practical and operationally relevant methodological framework for the analysis of risk in project design and project economic analysis.
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Handbook for the Economic Analysis of Water Supply Projects
Water is rapidly becoming a scarce resource in almost all countries and cities with growing population on the one hand, and fast growing economies, commercial and developmental activities…
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Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps)
The Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps) is a body set up by the predecessors to the Local Government Association to assist local authorities in England and Wales develop and deliver PFI…
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A Guide to Contract Management for PFI and PPP Projects
The aim of the guide is to be a user-friendly, quick reference strategic route map for local authority project directors and contract managers who are in the process of procuring and managing…
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Global Infrastructure Forum 2017 - Publications
This 2017 forum was co-hosted by the European Investment Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank and held in IDB headquarters in Washington, DC on April 22, 2017.
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2016 Global Infrastructure Forum
This 2016 forum was the first time that the heads of all of the MDBs came together on a stage to discuss infrastructure, reflecting the importance of the topic, and their commitment to multilateral…
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2018 Global Infrastructure Forum - Outcomes & Statements
This 2018 forum was hosted by the Asian Development Bank and held at the Laguna Villas in Bali, Indonesia on October 13, 2018.
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Innovation : Handshake, A Journal on Public-Private Partnerships
The International Finance Corporation (IFC)’s Handshake series comprises quarterly publications, each focusing on the use of PPPs in a different sector or context.
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Exploring Public–Private Partnership in the Irrigation and Drainage Sector in India
The Asian Development Bank's scoping study on irrigation and drainage identifies the areas where private sector participation can be envisaged in consonance with India's policy…
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Output-Based Aid: Lessons Learned and Best Practices
As the development community strives to improve results and aid effec- tiveness, the priority remains to design innovative financial solutions that meet developing countries’ needs and use public…
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Public-private partnerships for hospitals
There is increasing interest in a model in which a public authority contracts with a private company to design, build and operate an entire hospital. Drawing on the experience of countries such as…
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UK Audit Office’s report on the failure of a PPP to upgrade London’s underground transportation infrastructure
The Department for Transport: The failure of Metronet