Outreach and Communication

• 10. Meeting Water Needs in Vietnam: How Engaging Communities Can Help Lead to Viable Projects (2006)

Infrastructure Financing

• 48. Another lost decade? Effects of the financial crisis on project finance for infrastructure (2009) (available in French)

• 5. Expanding the Frontiers of Telecom Markets Through PPP in Peru: Lessons for Pro-Poor Initiatives (2006)

• 13. Financing Infrastructure in Africa: How the Region Can Attract More Project Finance (2006)

• 49. New needs for technical assistance: Responding to the effects of the financial crisis on private participation in infrastructure (2009) 

• 8. Reform, Private Capital Needed to Develop Infrastructure in Africa: Problems and Prospects for Private Participation (2006)
  

• 3. The Role of Developing Country Firms in Infrastructure: A New Class of Investors Emerges (2008) 

Infrastructure Trends

• 32. Are Brownfield Concessions Poised for a Comeback? New signs of life after a decade in decline (2008)

• 2. Armenia Travels the Bumpy Road to All-Day Electricity Supply: How Perseverance Pays Off in Power Sector Reform (2006)

• 42.China’s emerging role in Africa: Part of the changing landscape of infrastructure finance (2008) (available in French)

• 27. Designing and Using Public-Private Partnership Units in Infrastructure: Lessons From Case Studies Around the World (2007) (available in French )

• 36. Does the Private Sector Deliver on its Promises? Evidence from a Global Study in Water and Electricity (2008). Learn More 

• 45. Financing the boom in public-private partnerships in Indian infrastructure
  Trends and policy implications (2008)

• 30. India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment: But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands (2008)

• 6. Lifting Constraints to Public-Private Partnerships: The Way Toward Better Infrastructure Services in South Asia (2006)

• 28. Managing municipal solid waste in Latin America and the Caribbean: Integrating the private sector, harnessing incentives (2007) 

• 17. Port Reform in Nigeria: Upstream Policy Reform Kick-Start One of the World's Largest Concession Programs (2007)

• 21. Private Participation in Electricity: The Challenge of Achieving Commercial Viability and Improving Services (2007)

• 26. Private Participation in Infrastructure in Europe and Central Asia: A Look at Recent Trends. (2007)

• 14. Private Participation in Water: Toward a New Generation of Projects? (2006)

• 31. Recent Trends in Private Activity in Infrastructure: What the shift away from risk means for policy (2008) 

• 7. Responding to Surging Demand for PPIAF Assistance in Africa: A Response Combining Traditional and New Approaches (2006)

• 16. Revival of Private Participation in Developing Country Infrastructure: A Look at Recent Trends and Their Policy Implications (2007)

• 43. The changing landscape of infrastructure finance in Africa: Nontraditional sources take on a growing role (2008) (available in French)

• 15. The Growing and Evolving Business of Private Participation in Airports: New Trends, New Actors Emerging (2006)

• 44. The informal recycling sector in developing countries: Organizing waste pickers to enhance their impact (2008)

• 46. What drives private sector exit from infrastructure? Economic crises and other factors in the cancellation of private infrastructure projects in developing countries (2009) 

• 37. Worldwide Trends in Private Participation in Roads: Growing Activity, Growing Government Support (2008) 

Legal Frameworks and Regulation

• 24. Big Challenges, Small States: Regulatory Options to Overcome Infrastructure Constraints (2007)

• 11. How to Improve Regulatory Transparency: Emerging Lessons from an International Assessment (2006)

• 23. Matching Regulatory Design to Country Circumstances: The Potential of Hybrid and Transitional Models (2007)

• 34. Protecting Electricity Retailers Against Price Volatility: The Electricity Tariff Equalization Fund in New South Wales (2008) 

• 20. Recent Trends in Risk Mitigation Instruments for Infrastructure Finance: Innovations by providers opening new possibilities (2007) (available in French )

• 22. Relying on Expert Panels Settle Regulatory Disputes: Lessons from Chilean Experience (2007)

• 1. Transforming Telecoms in Afghanistan: Expanding Affordable Access by Introducing Competition (2006)

• 29. What It Takes to Lower Regulatory Risk in Infrastructure Industries: An Assessment and Benchmarking of Brazilian Regulators (2007) 

Project Facilitation

• 27. Designing and Using Public-Private Partnership Units in Infrastructure: Lessons From Case Studies Around the World (2007) (available in French )

• 4. Is the Public Sector Comparator Right for Developing Countries: Appraising Public-Private Projects in Infrastructure (2006)

• 41. Taking a holistic approach to planning and developing hydropower: Lessons from two river basin case studies in India (2008)  

• 18. The African Project Preparation Gap: Africans Address a Critical Limiting Factor in Infrastructure Investment (2007)

Options for Private Sector Participation

• 38. A Demand-driven Design for Irrigation in Egypt: Minimizing Risks for Both Farmers and Private Investors (2008) 

• 25. Helping a New Breed of Private Water Operators Access Infrastructure: Microfinance for Community Water Schemes in Kenya (2007)

• 9. Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa: Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day? (2006)

• 19. Unsolicited Infrastructure Proposals: How Some Countries Introduce Competition and Transparency (2007)

• 12. Using Management and Lease Affermage Contracts for Water Supply: How Effective Are They in Improving Service Delivery? (2006)

Sub-National Borrowing

• 33. Asking the right questions: Johannesburg completes a groundbreaking municipal bond issue (2008)

• 39. Enhancing the creditworthiness of municipal bonds: Innovations from Mexico (2008) 

• 40. Unlocking land values to finance urban infrastructure: Land-based financing options for cities (2008) (available in Chinese, Arabic) Learn More