The paper is based on a scenario workshop held on January 20, 2009, where leading financial and private sector development experts from IFC, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank discussed...
By now the author are in the middle of an unusual financial crisis with global proportions. Already many articles are being written about the causes of the crisis, its patterns and developments, and lessons...
This analysis suggests a number of approaches countries can take to overcome obstacles to development and poverty reduction. It argues that the key to poverty reduction is creating productive jobs where...
Private participation in the electricity sector - recent trends, by Ada Karina Izaguirre. World Bank guarantees for oil and gas projects, by Scott Sinclair. Bidding for concessions - how contract design...
This report provides a guide to the complex range of issues and options related to design, award, implementation, monitoring, and modification of concessions. The main rationale for concessions is that...
Driven by fiscal austerity and disenchantment with the performance of state-provided infrastructure services, many governments have turned to the private sector to build, operate, finance, or own infrastructure...
This volume reports on the findings of a conference on managing government exposure to private infrastructure projects. The transfer of risk to private operators should lead to the development of new infrastructure...
While the number of private infrastructure projects continues to grow, tales of endless delays and exorbitant development costs still scare both developers and governments. The authors show that these...
Regulatory lessons from Argentina's power concessions, by Antonio Estache and Martin Rodriguez-Pardina; railway concessions-heading down the right track in Argentina, by Jose Carbajo and Antonio Estache;...
Is privatization necessary? By John Nellis. The privatization experience of Latin America, by Mateen Thobani. Privatization by capitalization- a popular participation recipe for cash-starved SOEs in Bolivia...