Toward Better Infrastructure : Conditions, Constraints, and Opportunities in Financing Public-Private Partnerships in Select African Countries
Examining innovative ways to address Africa's infrastructure deficit is at the heart of this analysis. Africa's infrastructure stock and quality is among the least developed in the world, a challenge that significantly hinders economic de...
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World Bank
2012
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Summary: | Examining innovative ways to address
Africa's infrastructure deficit is at the heart of this
analysis. Africa's infrastructure stock and quality is
among the least developed in the world, a challenge that
significantly hinders economic development. The study is
structured around the most inhibiting constraints to
developing PPPs, as shared by all six countries. Section one
provides a brief background of the infrastructure needs in
the sample countries and outlines the current scope of
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transactions; section two
examines the sources of financing for PPPs domestic and
foreign with a particular focus on domestic sources; section
three explores the supporting legislative, regulatory, and
institutional environment for PPPs; section four addresses
issues connected with the importance of developing a sound
pipeline of PPP projects; and section five tackles the
importance of managing the increased government fiscal
commitments that are commonly coupled with PPPs. Section six
outlines medium-term options for PPP financing. Finally,
section seven puts forth policy recommendations intended to
assist in overcoming the challenges in building private
sector confidence in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
infrastructure market in order to attract greater levels of
financing for private sector investment in core
infrastructure services through PPPs. |
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