Risks, Contracts, and Private-Sector Participation in Infrastructure

Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Investment

rivate participation in the provision of infrastructure is less than was once expected, particularly in developing countries. Some reasons for this are identified in this paper. It is argued that the problem of dealing with market power in the provision of infrastructure services is similar to that of other forms of procurement in the presence of long-lived and immobile assets employed specific...

Providing rural connectivity infrastructure: ICT diffusion through private sector participation

India is vast country and traditionally an agrarian economy. Nearly 70% of India’s population still resides in the villages. The penetration level of the new telecommunication tools is low in the rural areas as compared to the urban sector. New technologies and ICT platforms are evolving, featuring collaboration between the development agencies, academia and the local government. This case-stud...

Restricting private-sector practice using contracts.

Explain the optimal pattern in the contracts of public private Participation construction, exploitation and transfer (BOT) Applied to Contracts Theory

In recent decade in developing countries, lack of government budget or lack of access to modern technology, persuade governments to attract private sector participation in the economy. One of the most common methods is Public-Private Partnership agreements. The real implementation of this type of partnership needs to set contracts that satisfies preferences of both parties. This research aims t...

Private Sector Involvement in Infrastructure Projects

There has been little systematic discussion of the issues associated with private involvement in infrastructure. Analysis of the relative performance of the private and public sector in different phases of infrastructure provision suggests that in most cases, the private sector will be most efficient in the construction phase but the public sector will be best equipped to handle the risks assoc...