An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … dominant position in the provision of infrastructure, and the opening up of these industries to private participation, have … renewed the debate on the role of infrastructure in the region's development. The focus of this paper is three-fold. First, it …

Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … governance) can have significantly negative impact on returns to infrastructure investment. This conclusion holds whether … infrastructure is in private or public hands. This paper looks at what has been learned about the role of governance in …

Learning from experience to improve future infrastructure public-private partnerships is a focal issue for policy …

This paper argues for a novel approach to financing infrastructure needs in Arab countries. It first describes the … context of rising public debt in the region, contrasting it with the vast infrastructure needs. It then discusses the …

This paper examines the relationship between multilateral support and contract cancellation in long-term infrastructure … support has a positive effect on the survival of long-term public-private partnership infrastructure contracts. Whereas …

persistent infrastructure financing gap in developing countries has motivated some governments to encourage their sovereign …

Through an empirical analysis of the relationship between private participation in infrastructure and country risk, the … paper shows that country risk ratings are a reliable predictor of infrastructure investment levels in developing countries … 27 percent increase in the probability of having a private participation in infrastructure commitment, and a 41 percent …

This paper provides a methodology for categorizing public-private partnerships in infrastructure, based on the …-private partnerships in infrastructure projects with similar key characteristics across sector, commercial, regional, and geopolitical … lines. The methodology is tested against 15 case studies representing different infrastructure sectors, regional …

The paper addresses the issue of the feasible level of private finance in a contracting model of infrastructure finding …