Private Infrastructure: Private Activity Fell by 30 Percent in 1999
Author: Ada Karina Izaguirre and Geetha Rao Date: 9/1/2000 (PDF, 200KB)
This Note, which draws on the World Bank’s Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database, provides an overview of recent trends in infrastructure projects with private participation in developing countries. Three main trends have emerged during the past decade. Private activity in infrastructure grew dramatically between 1990 and 1997, but declined because of the financial crises of 1998–99. Most developing countries have some private activity in infrastructure, but Latin America and East Asia dominate investment.