Starting from the late 1980s the underlying trend in public participation in infrastructure (PPI) has pointed upwards and is continuing to do so today. Cycles around the underlying trend are normal and...
Countries emerging from war or prolonged periods of civil conflict face a bitter paradox: They urgently need basic infrastructure services, but they lack the adequate public revenues, government capacity...
This paper examines private investment patterns in post-conflict countries based on the Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure database, and looks at some success stories that may offer useful...