This note, based on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) project database, reviews trends in … infrastructure projects with private participation in low-income countries. Four main conclusions arise. Surprisingly, the proportion …

are best coordinated. The note outlines privatization options, such as: full privatization, i.e., all assets and …

This note, which draws on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) database, provides an overview … of recent trends in infrastructure projects with private participation in developing countries. Three main trends have … emerged during the past decade. Private activity in infrastructure grew dramatically between 1990 and 1997, but declined …

This economic policy note presents the dilemma between private infrastructure and public risk. The note examines the … infrastructure services, thus being forced - because of policy shortcomings - to assume risks that private investors should bear … risks, while attracting private infrastructure investment. Guidelines are provided for allocating risk, where two factors …

The World Bank has well over 100 projects involving private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in its pipeline, the …

participation in infrastructure (PPI). The author shows that, in keeping with its mandate, the Bank has focused primarily on policy …

The global private infrastructure industry has experienced rapid growth over the past fifteen years, attracting some 1 …,700 companies. In the past, infrastructure was generally managed by national single-sector utilities, but technological and …

the infrastructure project or company. This approach is well suited for privatizing sectors with monopolistic …

, political, and governance variables to assess the determinants of private financing of infrastructure in emerging markets and … developing economies. Controlling for economic characteristics, we find that overall private participation of infrastructure … infrastructure. Our results do not vary when controlling for income inequality and across quartiles of experience, country wealth …

choice of regulatory framework. By developing a comparative analysis of the privatization processes in infrastructure sectors …) should not only justify why privatization is necessary. Any such claim should be assessed by an independent body (similar to … chapter calls for transparency in privatization of private military and security services, arguing that citizens should have …