Rethinking infrastructure development / William Ascher and Corinne Krupp -- Distributional implications of alternative financing of physical infrastructure development / William Ascher and Corinne Krupp -- Beyond privatization : rethinking private sector involvement in the provision of civil...

"As the world's population continues to grow, there is an ever increasing need for huge investment in basic infrastructure: water and sewage, energy production and distribution, transportation and telecommunication. At the same time, infrastructure systems in developed countries are...

Introduction -- Finance and Procurement Options for Infrastructure Development -- Theory of PPP -- Overview of PPP Infrastructure Development in Developing Countries -- Current Status of Infrastructure Development and Achievements for PPP in the Philippines -- Changes in Infrastructure...

Evidence of public expenditure on infrastructure is extremely sparse. Little is known about the trends and patterns of infrastructure expenditure, and there is no real basis for assessing the adequacy and efficiency of infrastructure spending. Drawing on the World Bank's novel BOOST database,...

What factors do private investors consider relevant in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)? Are these features of country attractiveness sector specific? In line with increasing demands for infrastructure investments for economic growth and development in recent years, coupled with a huge, yet...

This report provides a gender review of a decade and a half of World Bank infrastructure lending for 1,246 projects. The objective of this review is to assess the status of and trends in gender integration in the World Bank infrastructure portfolio, and to establish a baseline for monitoring and...

Drawing on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, this Note provides an overview of private activity in infrastructure in developing countries between 1990 and 2000. Three main trends characterized that decade: Private activity in infrastructure grew each year...

For the last couple of decades, developed as well as developing countries have relied on procurement models such as public-private partnerships (PPP) to finance, develop, manage and operate water infrastructure facilities. However, as in the case of other public infrastructure projects, not all...