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Just Transition Tool for Private Sector Activities

World Bank - 2025

The transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy is urgently needed to mitigate the profound impacts of climate change. However, this essential transition presents one of the greatest socioeconomic challenges of our era, particularly in terms of employment. Millions of workers in fossil...

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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies

Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of …

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Private Activity in Water Shows Mixed Results in 2006

World Bank - 2012

In 2006, 12 low- and middle- income countries implemented at least 47 projects that involved investment commitments totaling US$2 billion according to just-released data from the Private Participation in Infrastructure Database. The annual number of water projects involving the private sector...

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Private Activity in Infrastructure Shows Mixed Results in 2005

World Bank - 2012

Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation grew in 2005, but the number of infrastructure projects reaching financial closure fell, according to just-released data from the Private Participation in Infrastructure Database

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Private Activity in Water Shows Mixed Results in 2005

World Bank - 2012

The number of water sector projects involving the private sector grew in 2005, but investment flows to these projects fell considerably, according to just-released data from the Private Participation in Infrastructure Database

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Private Health : Policy and Regulatory Options for Private Participation

World Bank - 2012

Many developing countries face a critical gap between the demand for health care services and their supply. Public resources often fall short of what is needed to provide universal health care, and the typical incentive structure in the public sector may not always be conducive to expanding...

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Private Sector Delivery of Rural Piped Water Services in Bangladesh : A Review of Experience, 2003-2015

World Bank - 2015

This note explores the Bangladesh experience in implementing the widespread use of a private operator model for building and operating rural piped water schemes. Since the early 1990s, the World Bank has, through a series of development projects, designed, piloted, and attempted to scale up use...

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The impact of private sector participation in infrastructure : lights, shadows, and the road ahead

Andrés, Luis (contributor) - 2008

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The handshake : why do governments and firms sign private sector participation deals ? evidence from the water and sanitation sector in developing countries

Jensen, Olivia - 2006

"This paper uses a new dataset, "WATSAN," of private sector participation (PSP) projects for water and sanitation in developing countries to examine the determinants of the number of projects signed for each country between 1990 and 2004. The new dataset improves on existing sources, in...

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Privatization : trends and recent developments

Kikeri, Sunita - 2005

"This paper takes stock of recent privatization trends, examines the extent to which government ownership is still … 2003, 120 developing countries carried out nearly 8,000 privatization transactions and raised …

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