Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa
Private activity in infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa declined sharply in 2008, according to just-released data from the Private Participation in Infrastructure Project database. Both investment commitments and the number of new pr...
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okr-10986-109542021-04-23T14:02:53Z Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa Izaguirre, Ada Karina Perard, Edouard ACCOUNTING CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY UTILITY HOLDING INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS INVESTMENT RISK LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE PHYSICAL ASSETS POWER POWER PLANTS PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT SHARE OF INVESTMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES Private activity in infrastructure in the Middle East and North Africa declined sharply in 2008, according to just-released data from the Private Participation in Infrastructure Project database. Both investment commitments and the number of new projects declined, in both the first and second half of the year. Existing telecommunications operators accounted for most of the annual investment. The region's share of total investment commitments in developing countries in 2008 was less than 4 percent, down significantly from its 7.3 percent share in 2007. In 2008, 10 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in six low- or middle-income countries in the region. These involve investment commitments (hereafter, investment) of US$2.4 billion. Infrastructure projects implemented in previous years had additional commitments of US$3.6 billion, bringing total investment in 2008 to US$6 billion. This level represented a 49 percent drop from that in 2007 and was the lowest since 2003. 2012-08-13T13:40:52Z 2012-08-13T13:40:52Z 2009-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11893318/investment-commitments-number-new-projects-decline-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10954 English PPI Data Update; Note No. 32 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa |
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ACCOUNTING CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY UTILITY HOLDING INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS INVESTMENT RISK LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE PHYSICAL ASSETS POWER POWER PLANTS PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT SHARE OF INVESTMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES |
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ACCOUNTING CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY UTILITY HOLDING INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS INVESTMENT RISK LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE PHYSICAL ASSETS POWER POWER PLANTS PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT SHARE OF INVESTMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES Izaguirre, Ada Karina Perard, Edouard Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Private activity in infrastructure in
the Middle East and North Africa declined sharply in 2008,
according to just-released data from the Private
Participation in Infrastructure Project database. Both
investment commitments and the number of new projects
declined, in both the first and second half of the year.
Existing telecommunications operators accounted for most of
the annual investment. The region's share of total
investment commitments in developing countries in 2008 was
less than 4 percent, down significantly from its 7.3 percent
share in 2007. In 2008, 10 infrastructure projects with
private participation reached financial or contractual
closure in six low- or middle-income countries in the
region. These involve investment commitments (hereafter,
investment) of US$2.4 billion. Infrastructure projects
implemented in previous years had additional commitments of
US$3.6 billion, bringing total investment in 2008 to US$6
billion. This level represented a 49 percent drop from that
in 2007 and was the lowest since 2003. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Izaguirre, Ada Karina Perard, Edouard |
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Izaguirre, Ada Karina Perard, Edouard |
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Izaguirre, Ada Karina |
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Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa |
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Investment Commitments and the Number of New Projects Decline in the Middle East and North Africa |
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investment commitments and the number of new projects decline in the middle east and north africa |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11893318/investment-commitments-number-new-projects-decline-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10954 |
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