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An Operational Framework for Managing Fiscal Commitments from Public-Private Partnerships

Riham Shendy, Helen Martin, Peter Mousley

2013

Overview

The National policy on public-private partnerships (PPP) recently approved by the Government of Ghana (GoG) sets out the government's intention to use PPPs to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely provision of public infrastructure in Ghana. The PPP policy highlights the role of the government's financial support to PPPs, as well as the importance of putting in place a system to manage the associated fiscal commitments (FCs). As noted in the policy, the government's contribution to a PPP may include remuneration to the private party from government budgets, which may be fixed or partially fixed, periodic payments (annuities) and contingent. This report proposes an operational framework for managing fiscal obligations arising from PPPs in Ghana. This framework aims to ensure that PPP FCs are consistently identified and assessed during PPP project preparation, and that these assessments are fed into project approval. The report outlines roles and responsibilities, concepts, and processes for managing PPP FCs, drawing on international standards and practices, bearing in mind existing institutions and capacities in Ghana. The report also suggests legislative additions and capacity building needed to establish this framework in practice. This report focuses primarily on managing long-term FCs to PPPs, including regular payments or contingent liabilities (CL) that typically last throughout a project's lifetime. This report is structured as follows: chapter 1 is introduction; chapter; 2 introduces the concept of FCs from PPPs: how and why PPPs create FCs, why managing them is important, and an overview of what it entails; chapter 3 presents institutional roles and responsibilities; chapter 4 describes how FC management should be incorporated in the PPP development and approval process; chapter 5 describes how FCs can be managed during PPP implementation by monitoring, reporting, and budgeting adequately; and chapter 6 sets out the steps needed to begin to implement this PPP framework-to build its core requirements into the forthcoming PPP Law, and to build capacity in the relevant entities to carry out those requirements in practice.

• Publisher: World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCOUNTABILITY / ACCOUNTING / ACCOUNTING STANDARDS / ACCRUAL ACCOUNTING / AFFORDABILITY / ANNUAL PAYMENT / ANNUAL PAYMENTS / APPROVAL PROCESS / BALANCE SHEET / BANKING SECTOR / BID / BOND / BOND MARKET / BONDS / BORROWING COST / BUDGET CONSTRAINTS / BUDGET IMPLICATION / BUDGET IMPLICATIONS / BUDGETING / CAPACITY BUILDING / CASH ACCOUNTING / CASH FLOW / CASH PAYMENTS / CHECKS / COMMERCIAL LOANS / CONCESSION / CONTINGENT LIABILITIES / CONTINGENT LIABILITY / CONTRACT MANAGEMENT / CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT / CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES / CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP / COST ESTIMATES / CREDIBILITY / CREDIT GUARANTEES / CURRENCY / DEBT / DEBT ISSUANCE / DEBT MANAGEMENT / DEBT SERVICE / DEBT STOCK / DEFAULTS / DIRECT LOANS / DIRECT PAYMENTS / DISCOUNT RATE / DOMESTIC DEBT / DOWNSIDE SCENARIOS / ECONOMIC ANALYSIS / ECONOMIC CRISIS / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC POLICY / ECONOMIC TRANSACTION / EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE / EIB / EQUITY INVESTMENTS / EXCHANGE RATE / EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS / EXCHANGE RATES / EXISTING DEBT / EXISTING LIABILITIES / EXPENDITURE / EXTERNAL BORROWING / EXTERNALITIES / FACE VALUE / FINANCE INITIATIVE / FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION / FINANCIAL ANALYSIS / FINANCIAL CRISIS / FINANCIAL HEALTH / FINANCIAL LIABILITIES / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS / FINANCIAL OBLIGATION / FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS / FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE / FINANCIAL POSITION / FINANCIAL RATIOS / FINANCIAL REPORTING / FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS / FINANCIAL STATEMENTS / FINANCIAL SUPPORT / FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS / FISCAL CONSTRAINTS / FISCAL MANAGEMENT / FISCAL SUPPORT / GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS / GOVERNMENT BUDGETS / GOVERNMENT DEBT / GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES / GOVERNMENT FINANCE / GOVERNMENT GUARANTEES / GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS / GOVERNMENT POLICY / GOVERNMENT REVENUE / GOVERNMENT SUPPORT / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / INDEBTEDNESS / INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS / INFORMATION SYSTEM / INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS / INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK / INSTRUMENT / INSURANCE / INTEREST RATE / INTEREST RATE RISK / INTEREST RATES / INTERGOVERNMENTAL FINANCE / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS / INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS / INVESTING / INVESTMENT DECISIONS / INVESTMENT PLAN / INVESTMENT PROJECTS / JUDGMENT / KEY CHALLENGES / LEGISLATION / LENDERS / LIABILITY / LIABILITY MANAGEMENT / LICENSES / LIQUIDITY / LOAN / LOAN GUARANTEE / LOCAL GOVERNMENT / LONG-TERM LOANS / MACROECONOMICS / MANDATE / MDAS / MONETARY FUND / NATIONAL BUDGET / NATIONAL DEBT / NATURAL DISASTERS / NEGOTIATION / NEGOTIATIONS / OPPORTUNITY COST / PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS / PENSION / PORTFOLIO / PRESENT VALUE / PRIVATE FINANCE / PRIVATE INVESTMENT / PRIVATE PARTY / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTOR FINANCE / PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT / PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION / PROCUREMENT / PROVISIONS / PUBLIC / PUBLIC ASSETS / PUBLIC BORROWING / PUBLIC DEBT / PUBLIC DEBT MANAGEMENT / PUBLIC DEBTS / PUBLIC DISCLOSURE / PUBLIC FINANCES / PUBLIC FUNDS / PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE / PUBLIC INVESTMENT / PUBLIC INVESTMENTS / PUBLIC LIABILITY / PUBLIC PROCUREMENT / PUBLIC SECTOR / PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING / PUBLIC SERVICES / PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP / PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS / REGULAR PAYMENTS / REPAYMENT / REPAYMENTS / RETURN / RETURN ON INVESTMENT / REVENUE GUARANTEES / REVENUE MANAGEMENT / RISK EXPOSURE / RISK FACTORS / RISK OF DEFAULT / ROADS / SOVEREIGN GUARANTEES / STATISTICAL ANALYSIS / STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT / TARIFF REVENUE / TAX / TAX REVENUES / TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE / TRANSACTION / TRANSPARENCY / TRANSPORT / UNION / USER CHARGES / USER FEES
• ISBN: 0821398687, 9780821398685