Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002

Over the past decade most developing economies have involved the private sector in providing infrastructure services. Indeed, between 1990 and 2002, 136 low- and middle-income countries introduced private participation in infrastructure sectors-65...

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Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3049892/private-infrastructure
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spelling okr-10986-112762021-04-23T14:02:54Z Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002 World Bank ASSETS ECONOMICS EXPENDITURES INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INNOVATIONS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION RADIO TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS TRANSPORT WATER SUPPLY PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE LOW INCOME COUNTRIES INVESTMENTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES PRIVATE PARTICIPATION AIRPORT FACILITIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS NATURAL GAS NETWORKS WATER SUPPLY Over the past decade most developing economies have involved the private sector in providing infrastructure services. Indeed, between 1990 and 2002, 136 low- and middle-income countries introduced private participation in infrastructure sectors-65 of them in at least three sectors. During that period the private sector took over the operating or construction risk, or both, for more than 2,600 astructure projects in developing countries, attracting investment commitments of more than US$800 billion. These projects have been implemented under schemes ranging from management contracts to concessions to divestitures to greenfield build-operate-transfer or build-operate-own projects. Annual investment flows to infrastructure projects with private participation grew strongly between 1990 and 1997, from US$18 billion to more than US$127 billion. Since then investment flows have gradually declined, except for a temporary recovery in 2000. 2012-08-13T14:37:57Z 2012-08-13T14:37:57Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3049892/private-infrastructure Viewpoint. -- Note no. 267 ( February 2004) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11276 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
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topic ASSETS
ECONOMICS
EXPENDITURES
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INNOVATIONS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
RADIO
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS
TRANSPORT
WATER SUPPLY PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
INVESTMENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
AIRPORT FACILITIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NATURAL GAS
NETWORKS
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle ASSETS
ECONOMICS
EXPENDITURES
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INNOVATIONS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
RADIO
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROJECTS
TRANSPORT
WATER SUPPLY PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
LOW INCOME COUNTRIES
INVESTMENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
AIRPORT FACILITIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NATURAL GAS
NETWORKS
WATER SUPPLY
World Bank
Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002
relation Viewpoint
description Over the past decade most developing economies have involved the private sector in providing infrastructure services. Indeed, between 1990 and 2002, 136 low- and middle-income countries introduced private participation in infrastructure sectors-65 of them in at least three sectors. During that period the private sector took over the operating or construction risk, or both, for more than 2,600 astructure projects in developing countries, attracting investment commitments of more than US$800 billion. These projects have been implemented under schemes ranging from management contracts to concessions to divestitures to greenfield build-operate-transfer or build-operate-own projects. Annual investment flows to infrastructure projects with private participation grew strongly between 1990 and 1997, from US$18 billion to more than US$127 billion. Since then investment flows have gradually declined, except for a temporary recovery in 2000.
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title Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002
title_short Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002
title_full Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002
title_fullStr Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002
title_full_unstemmed Private Infrastructure : Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002
title_sort private infrastructure : activity down by 30 percent in 2002
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/3049892/private-infrastructure
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