Private Infrastructure: Are the Trends in Low-Income Countries Different?
Author: Melissa Houskamp and Nicola Tynan Date: 10/1/2000 (PDF, 200KB)
This Note, based on the World Bank’s Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database, reviews trends in infrastructure projects with private participation in low-income countries. Four main conclusions arise. Surprisingly, the proportion of countries with at least one project—81 percent—is higher among low-income than middle-income countries. As in middle-income countries, most investment has been in telecommunications or energy projects. However, in low-income countries, well over half the projects are greenfield. And the scale of private participation in low-income countries lags far behind that in middle-income countries.