PPP scale-up of private participation in road assets

The document describes a World Bank-supported initiative in Cambodia using performance-based contracts and IDA credit of USD 170 million to improve road rehabilitation and climate resilience. It suggests this model could be scaled to African countries with strong project pipelines and private investor pools, identifying Morocco, Madagascar, and Lesotho as potential candidates based on previous adaptation financing.

• In Cambodia, the World Bank is utilizing IDA credit of USD 170 million for road rehabilitation focused on climate resilience, road safety, and asset management, supported by the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Fund to design output and performance-based contracts for private sector engagement.
• The Cambodian project structure incorporates support from the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery to mitigate flood impacts and uses results-based payments to transfer investment benefits and risks to the private sector.
• The document identifies Morocco, Madagascar, and Lesotho as potential early candidates for similar PPP structures in Africa, as these countries received IDA or IBRD adaptation financing for the transport sector in 2017-18.
• Among the identified African candidates, Morocco is highlighted as having the strongest private sector, ranking 53rd on the ease of doing business index and having domestic credit to the private sector at 87% of GDP.

APA

Climate Policy Initiative (2021). PPP scale-up of private participation in road assets. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/gca-africa-adaptation-finance/case_studies/ppp-scale-up-of-private-participation-in-road-assets-2/

Chicago

Climate Policy Initiative. PPP scale-up of private participation in road assets. 2021. https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/gca-africa-adaptation-finance/case_studies/ppp-scale-up-of-private-participation-in-road-assets-2/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatepolicyinitiative2021ppp, author = {{Climate Policy Initiative}}, title = {{PPP scale-up of private participation in road assets}}, institution = {Climate Policy Initiative}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/gca-africa-adaptation-finance/case_studies/ppp-scale-up-of-private-participation-in-road-assets-2/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }