Photo: shplendid | Flickr Creative Commons Talk of trade tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions are dominating news headlines recently. As developed economies consider escalating…
Just two years ago, Ghana was experiencing unstable commodity prices and a deteriorating macroeconomic situation. Yet, through a unique combination of World Bank guarantees nearly $8 billion in…
On a recent trip to the Caribbean, I was in a meeting at the Ministry of Finance of one of the region’s largest economies. The topic under discussion was all too familiar: the difficulty of…
Photo Credit: J Endres via Flickr Creative Commons I’ve spent the last 18 years in Sub-Saharan Africa working with governments on making public-private partnerships (PPPs) work for their countries…
Photo Credit: hans-johnson via Flickr Creative Commons A recent report by PwC on the outlook for global infrastructure spending predicts that by 2020, annual global infrastructure spending will…
Past PPP Blogs introduced readers to the Caribbean Regional Support Facility, which ran a series of boot camp-style workshops to increase technical capacity among Caribbean government officials…
Just fourteen projects in energy, transport and water/sanitation. In only eight countries. Totaling $2.7 billion. There are 56 IDA countries (excluding three “inactive” and a few rich enough…
Translations available in Chinese and Spanish. Many of you are already familiar with the PPP (Public-Private Partnerships) Group’s Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database. As a…
with research contributions from Zichao WeiAt conferences, in meetings, and even during casual work conversations, I am asked the same two questions: “Which countries are ideal for investments in…
container ship in Panama canal Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wirralwater/ A few months ago, I had a chance to visit the Panama…