Appendix B  List of Acronyms

AAI

Airports Authority of India

ADB

Asian Development Bank

ADBI

Asian Development Bank Institute

ADIA

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

AFD

Agence Française de Développement

AfDB

African Development Bank

AMT

alternative minimum tax

ASX

Australian Stock Exchange

BNDES

Brazilian Development Bank-O banco nacional d desenvolvimento

BRIC

Brazil, Russia, India, and China

CAPM

Capital Asset Pricing Model

CBD

central business district

CDA

comprehensive development agreement

CDC

Caisse des Dépôts (France)

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

CPP

Canada Pension Plan

DBFO

design, build, finance, and operate

DBFOM

design, build, finance, operate, and maintain

DBOT

design, build, operate, and transfer

DBSA

Development Bank of South Africa

DCT

Doraleh Container Terminal S. A.

DIAL

Delhi International Airport Private Limited

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECA

export credit agency

EIB

European Investment Bank

EPC

engineering, procurement, and construction

EPCM

engineering, procurement, and construction management

EPEC

European PPP Expertise Centre

ETR

Express Toll Route

EU

European Union

FDOT

Florida Department of Transportation

FY

full year

GDLN

Global Distance Learning Network

GDP

gross domestic product

GoI

Government of India

GPO

Government Printing Office (United States)

IAAI

International Airports Authority of India

IADB

Inter-American Development Bank

ICF

Infrastructure Crisis Facility

IDB

Islamic Development Bank

IDFC PE

Infrastructure Development Finance Company Private Equity

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFI

International finance institution

IFSL

International Financial Services, London

IIFCL

India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IPO

initial public offering

IRR

internal rate of return

IRS

US Internal Revenue Service

KfW

KwW Bankengruppe (Germany)

LCC

Lekki Concession Company

LNG

liquefied natural gas

MAT

Miami Access Tunnel

MDB

multilateral development bank

MdTA

Maryland Transportation Authority

MEDCO

Maryland Economic Development Corporation

MFI

multilateral financial institutions

MIGA

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (of the World Bank Group)

MLI

multilateral institution

MP3IC

Multilateral Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure Capacity Development

MPA

Maryland Port Administration

MSEB

Maharashtra State Electricity Board (India)

MTR

Mass Transit Railway Corporation (Hong Kong)

NAA

National Airports Authority (India)

NAO

National Audit Office (United Kingdom)

NPV

net present value

NSE

National Stock Exchange (India)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OFWAT

The Water Services Regulation Authority (United Kingdom)

O&M

operation and maintenance

OTPP

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

P3

public-private partnership

PAB

private activity bond

PAC

Ports America Chesapeake

PFI

Private Finance Initiative (United Kingdom)

PFI

Project Finance International

PPIAF

Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility

PPP

public-private partnership

PPS

service provision contracts (the acronym for the Spanish term)

PR

public relations

PROPARCO

Promotion et Participation pour la Coopération économique-The Investment and Promotions Company for Economic Cooperation (France)

PSC

public-sector comparator

PUK

Partnerships UK

PwC

PricewaterhouseCoopers

QPAB

qualified private activity bond

RAV

Richmond-Airport-Vancouver

ROT

rehabilitate, operate, and transfer

S&P

Standard & Poor's

SBI

State Bank of India

SCC

Skyway Concession Company

SCUT

Sem Custos par os Utilizadores-No Cost to the Users (Portuguese)

SME

small- and medium-sized enterprise

SMRT

Singapore 's multimodel transport provider

SNC

SNC-Lavalin

SWF

sovereign wealth fund

T&TI

Tunnels & Tunnelling International

TEU

twenty-foot equivalent unit

TIFIA

Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act

TIFU

The Infrastructure Finance Unit (United Kingdom)

TIGER

Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery

TxDOT

Texas Department of Transportation

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

US DOT

United States Department of Transportation

VGF

Viability Gap Funding (India)

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