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Attracting investors to African public-private partnerships : a project preparation guide

Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, World Bank, Infrastructure Consortium for Africa

2009,2008

Overview

As growth and development in Africa increase rapidly, investment in infrastructure projects will often be best accomplished through public-private partnership. This Project Preparation Guide offers the foundation blocks for public sector engagement with the private sector. This book assesses the relevant issues for selecting a project for public-private partnership, the actions for preparing projects for market, and the management process The guide addresses hiring and managing expert advisers, explains how the public sector should interact with the private sector during the project selection and preparation phases to ensure that decisions during these phases are realistic, and analyzes the issues of engagement with the private sector during the tender and after a contract has been signed. 'Attracting Investor to African Public-Private Partnerships' will help the public sector in Africa to attract private sector investment through effective project advertising, management, and implementation. This book will enhance the chances of developing effective public-private partnerships by overcoming major obstacles to project delivery by having the right information, on the right projects, for the right partners, at the right time. This guide is aimed at African public sector officials who are concerned about the delivery of infrastructure projects and services through partnership with the private sector, as well as staff in donor institutions who are looking to support PPP programs at the country-level.

• Publisher: Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility,World Bank,Infrastructure Consortium for Africa,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO LAND / ACCOUNTABILITY / Africa / BANKS / BID / BIDS / CAPITAL COSTS / CAPITAL GRANTS / CAPITAL INVESTMENT / CAPITAL MARKETS / CASH FLOW / COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT / COMMERCIAL TERMS / COMMUNITIES / COMPETITIVE TENDER / CONFLICTS OF INTEREST / CONTINGENT LIABILITIES / CONTRACT DISPUTES / CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP / CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS / CREDIBILITY / CREDITWORTHINESS / CURRENCY / DEBT / DEBT FINANCING / DEBT SERVICE / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT FINANCE / DISCOUNT RATE / DUE DILIGENCE / DWELLINGS / ELECTRICITY / ELECTRICITY SERVICES / EXPENDITURE / Finance / FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT / FINANCIAL STRENGTH / FINANCING REQUIREMENTS / FOREIGN CURRENCY / FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK / FOREIGN EXCHANGE / FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISKS / GOVERNMENT ASSETS / GOVERNMENT BORROWING / GOVERNMENT CAPACITY / GOVERNMENT SUPPORT / HOLDING / HOMES / HOSPITALS / INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY / Infrastructure (Economics) / Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa / INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT / INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT / INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY / INSURANCE / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INVESTING / INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES / INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY / INVESTMENT PROJECTS / Investments, Foreign / Investments, Foreign -- Africa / LAND USE / LAWS / LEGAL FRAMEWORK / LEGAL IMPEDIMENTS / LEGAL SYSTEM / LEGISLATION / LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK / LENDERS / LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE / LICENSES / LOCAL CURRENCY / LOCAL GOVERNMENT / LONG-TERM COST / LONG-TERM DEBT / MARKET CONFIDENCE / MUNICIPALITIES / NATIONAL TREASURY / OPERATING COSTS / OPERATIONAL RISKS / OPPORTUNITY COST / PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS / PERFORMANCE RISK / POLITICAL COMMITMENT / POLITICAL SCIENCE / PORTS / POTENTIAL INVESTORS / PRIVATE CAPITAL / PRIVATE FINANCE / PRIVATE FINANCING / PRIVATE INVESTORS / PRIVATE PARTIES / PRIVATE PARTY / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT / PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION / PRIVATIZATION / PROVISIONS / PUBLIC / PUBLIC ASSETS / PUBLIC FINANCE / PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT / PUBLIC HOSPITAL / PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE / PUBLIC INVESTMENT / PUBLIC OFFICIALS / PUBLIC PROCUREMENT / PUBLIC RESOURCES / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLIC SERVICE / PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY / PUBLIC SERVICES / PUBLIC WORKS / Public works -- Africa -- Finance / PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT / Public-private sector cooperation / Public-private sector cooperation -- Africa / PURCHASING POWER / RECOURSE FINANCING / REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS / REPAYMENT / REPAYMENTS / RETURN / RETURN ON EQUITY / RETURNS / REVENUE GROWTH / RISK MANAGEMENT / ROADS / SAFETY / SHAREHOLDERS / STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS / SUBSIDIARY / TAX / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TELECOMMUNICATIONS / TRAFFIC / TRANSACTION / TRANSACTION COSTS / TRANSFER RISK / TRANSFER RISKS / TRANSPARENCY / TRANSPORT / TREASURY / UNDERLYING ASSETS / USER CHARGES
• ISBN: 0821377302, 9780821377307, 0821377310, 9780821377314