TY - BOOK AU - Shendy,Riham AU - Kaplan,Zachary AU - Mousley,Peter ED - World Bank. ED - Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility. ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Toward better infrastructure: conditions, constraints, and opportunities in financing public-private partnerships in select African countries T2 - World Bank study AV - HD3872.A35 S54 2011 U1 - 658.15224 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Washington D.C. PB - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank KW - Public-private sector cooperation KW - Africa KW - Public works KW - Finance KW - Infrastructure (Economics) KW - Electronic books N1 - "This report was produced at the request of the Government of Ghana (GOG) under the leadership of the Project Finance and Analysis (PFA) Unit of the Public Investment Department (PID) of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP) and with support from the World Bank and Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)"--Acknowledgements; Includes bibliographical references; Background: Current status of PPP markets in selected countries. This report -- Sources of financing: Sources of local financing for PPP projects. Local commercial banks. Pension funds. Insurance funds. Local capital market -- Sources of international financing for PPP projects: International commercial banks. Private infrastructure funds. Donor infrastructure funds. Sovereign wealth funds and other public entities -- The legislative and institutional framework -- A well-structured PPP pipeline -- Risk allocation and fiscal management of PPPs -- Medium-term options for PPP financing: Tackling high upfront capital costs. Longer-term local debt financing. Risk mitigation guarantee products. PPP market failures deriving from country size and cross-border infrastructure financing constraints -- Recommendations: Developing long-term financing for infrastructure. Strengthening other aspects of a strong enabling environment; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=3050851 ER -