Unsolicited Proposals : The Issues for Private Infrastructure Projects

Unsolicited Proposals : The Issues for Private Infrastructure Projects

Many of the world's most controversial private infrastructure projects originated as unsolicited proposals to governments. This Note explores critical questions for developing policies to deal with unsolicited proposals. For example, under wha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
BIDDING PROCESS
PROCUEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
EFFICIENCY
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
COMPETITIVENESS
NEGOTIATIONS
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES AIRPORTS
AUCTIONS
LAWS
OPERATING COSTS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SECTOR
ROADS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/03/2486173/unsolicited-proposals-issues-private-infrastructure-projects
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11305
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Summary:Many of the world's most controversial private infrastructure projects originated as unsolicited proposals to governments. This Note explores critical questions for developing policies to deal with unsolicited proposals. For example, under what conditions should governments allow unsolicited proposals? And how can they add competition and transparency to the process? A companion Note reviews the methods used by the governments of Chile, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and South Africa to transform unsolicited proposals into competitively tendered projects.

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