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It seems like every week there are new reports being published about public-private partnerships (PPPs) by different organizations around the world. How can you keep track of what’s new and what’s relevant for your work?
With over 4,000 documents on PPPs in seven different languages (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese) in its searchable document library, the PPP Knowledge Lab has become a key resource for the PPP community to keep up to date with the latest on PPPs.
What’s been trending over the last quarter on the PPP Knowledge Lab?
1. Moving from “billions to trillions” and hitting the SDG targets
To meet the investment needs of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “ the global community needs to move the discussion from ‘Billions’ in ODA to ‘Trillions' in investments of all kinds: public and private, national and global, in both capital and capacity.” PPPs can play an important role in mobilizing additional forms of financing and closing the infrastructure gap. Recognizing that, multiple organizations have published reports in the last quarter looking at innovative ways to mobilize private investment and how to embed the SDG targets into PPP projects and operations .

2. Improving infrastructure governance
Another trend we have seen emerge is organizations working towards better governance in infrastructure and in the process of identifying and developing PPP projects. This was reflected in the development of policy guidelines for managing unsolicited proposals in infrastructure projects and a multi-stakeholder series of events aimed at creating a dialogue around infrastructure governance.
Stay tuned for information on the second regional roundtable planned for June 2018 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
3. Building tools for public policy officials
Where can you find up to date information about a country’s PPP business environment? And should a certain project be implemented as a PPP? How do you decide? In the last quarter, we’ve seen multiple organizations develop tools to help public policy officials and the private sector make more informed decisions on PPPs and standardize the process of applying best practices.

Access all these resources and stay informed on recent trends in the PPP community by visiting the PPP Knowledge Lab at https://pppknowledgelab.org.
The PPP Knowledge Lab is a one-stop shop for information on PPPs, created with funding from the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), and in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, Multilateral Investment Fund, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ESCAP, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), World Economic Forum (WEF), Global Infrastructure Hub (GIH ), and the World Bank Group. It aims to collect and feature new resources on PPPs from the world’s top multilateral development banks and international organizations and make them more easily accessible to PPP practitioners.
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