As a founding member of the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) in 1999, the Japanese government and Ministry of Finance, together with the World Bank, United Kingdom, and other European countries, identified the key role the private sector can play to support governments in developing countries as they seek to modernize, rehabilitate, and build new infrastructure. The private sector not only brings capital and mobilizes resources for investments in infrastructure, but also contributes to cutting edge technologies, management best practices, professionalism and leadership, and tools to achieve efficiencies.

Read more about PPIAF's collaboration with Japan in Japan and PPIAF: Working with the Private Sector [PDF].