A small PPP in Ukraine delivers big results
Most public-private partnership (PPP) transactions you hear about are large, multi-million dollar infrastructure deals with serious global players competing in international tenders. But PPPs don't...
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Public-private partnerships: Promise and hype
Here is a new paper I wrote that provides perspectives on patterns of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure across time and space. PPPs are a new term for old concepts. Much...
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PPPs in the Caribbean: Filling the gap
Prior to about 2005, for many tourists their Jamaican vacation was ruined at the last minute, by the hot and overcrowded conditions inside Montego Bay’s Sangster International Airport. Fast forward 10...
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Is infrastructure in emerging markets a good investment?
There’s a lot of discussion about attracting more investors to invest in infrastructure in emerging markets. This will be one of the themes of the Financing for Development Conference next week. Last...
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Are we harnessing the power of the sun?
Also available in: العربية Are we harnessing the power of the sun? With the success of rooftop solar and other initiatives, we’re beginning to head in the right direction. Photo: Bernd Sieker/flickr...
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Caribbean PPPs come of age: Boot camp-style workshops kick off new approach...
Street scene in Delmas, Haiti“Plantain nu eat like rice” — a Caribbean saying roughly translated as “Make do with what is available to you” — applies to the region’s experience with public-private...
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Real numbers that solve real problems: Measuring demand for infrastructure...
If you’re reading this, you’ve used electricity today. Chances are you’ve also washed your face with clean water and traveled on a road to get to an office, a classroom, or a store. Those are basic...
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Raise your PPP IQ
Throughout history, people have recognized the power of the sun to improve peoples’ lives. In India, and in households and business throughout Gujarat state in particular, that idea lives on in a...
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The secret to India's success on rooftop solar PPPs? Satisfying stakeholders'...
When our team at IFC got the mandate in 2010 for a PPP to set up a 5MW grid connected solar rooftop (SRT) in Gandhinagar (Gujarat, India), some thought that the project was too small to make a difference.
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The sunny side of PPPs: Rooftop solar, public-private partnerships, and the...
In 1899 American Ada Blenkhorn—inspired by a disabled nephew—wrote the popular folk song Keep On the Sunny Side. As legend would have it, Blenkhorn’s nephew always wanted his wheelchair pushed down the...
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How can we close the infrastructure gap in Asia? Ideas from the...
What does one trillion dollars look like? In the most literal sense, one trillion – that’s one million multiplied by one million -- is a “1” followed by 12 zeroes. For participants in this week’s...
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Three innovations to drive infrastructure development
container ship in Panama canal Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wirralwater/ A few months ago, I had a chance to visit the Panama Canal, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. It is...
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Record investment in transport boosts overall private participation in...
Imagine record commitments in transport that are 26% higher than the next best year since the inception of the Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database in 1990. That’s exactly what took...
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New data on private participation in infrastructure in emerging markets
Also available in: Español 中文 The latest Global Update on Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) for the first half of 2015, available today from the World Bank Group’s Private Participation in...
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Transparency, efficiency and quality in infrastructure projects is only a...
Transparency. Efficiency. Quality. If you work with infrastructure projects, as I do, these are words you will hear all the time. Unfortunately, these concepts are familiar to us because so many...
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A field guide to infrastructure
Birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts already know that a field guide is a book designed to help the reader identify wildlife or other objects that occur naturally, like minerals. It’s meant to be...
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Predicting success for infrastructure in emerging markets: Moving from art to...
with research contributions from Zichao WeiAt conferences, in meetings, and even during casual work conversations, I am asked the same two questions: “Which countries are ideal for investments in...
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The cost of renewable energy public-private partnerships in developing countries
Also available in: EspañolAltruistic and marketing motives aside, a private operator of infrastructure (in particular in an arrangement as highly structured as PPP) is likely to implement renewable...
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Renewables, solar, and large size projects trending in new data on private...
Translations available in Chinese and Spanish. Many of you are already familiar with the PPP (Public-Private Partnerships) Group’s Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database. As a reminder...
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Guess how many private infrastructure projects reached closure in 2015 in the...
Just fourteen projects in energy, transport and water/sanitation. In only eight countries. Totaling $2.7 billion. There are 56 IDA countries (excluding three “inactive” and a few rich enough to...
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