Guidance

<1> Attracting Investors to African Public-Private Partnerships, A Project Preparation Guide,
The World Bank/ICA/PPIAF (2009), ISBN 978-0-8213-7730-7.

Excellent PPP
Guide prepared by Partnerships UK for the World Bank. Chapter 4 covers project selection, scope and requirements.

<2> An Introductory Guide to Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
Government of Hong Kong SAR, 2nd edition (March 2008)

Chapter 1 (pages 5-17) explain what circumstances are most suitable for a PPP
arrangement and Annex D provides an outline of how to construct a PSC
. http://www.eu.gov.hk/english/psi/psi guides/psi guides ppgpop/psi guides ppgpop.html#3

<3> François Bergère et al., Le Guide Opérationnel des PPP
Le Moniteur, Third Edition (2010) ISBN 978-2-281-12718-8

Annex 5 (pages 239-249 and page 399) provides a detailed description of the
analysis and distribution of risk in a PPP
contract (risk identification, risk quantification and probability, generally using a Monte Carlo simulation, risk allocation). Pages pp
261-264 cover the accounting and statistical treatment of PPPs
in French national accounts and Eurostat criteria.

<4> Partnership Victoria Guidance Material: Risk Allocation Guide,
Infrastructure Australia (December 2008).

Part One (pages 1-38), deals with risk allocation principles.
http://www.infrastructureaustralia.gov.au/public private partnership policy guidelines.aspx

<5> Public-Private Partnerships - In Pursuit of Risk Sharing and Value for Money,
OECD (2008), ISBN 978-92-64-04279-7.

Chapter 3 reviews affordability, risk allocation and Value for Money in PPPs
while chapter 4 discusses how PPPs are treated in the public sector budget and accounts.

*<6> Timothy Irwin, Government Guarantees Allocating and Valuing Risks in privately Financed Infrastructure Projects,
The World Bank, Washington DC, ISBN-10: 0-8213-6859-1 (electronic).

Comprehensive discussion on the use of government guarantees and the
allocation of key project risks in public infrastructure projects with private financing.
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSDNETWORK/Resources/Government Guarantees.pdf

<7> Graham Vinter, Project Finance: A Legal Guide,
Sweet and Maxwell Ltd. Third Edition (2006) ISBN: 0421-909501.

Chapter 6 presents a discussion of what lenders require for a project to be
considered "bankable".

<8> Estache, A., E. Juan and L. Trujillo, Public-Private Partnerships in Transport,

Policy Research Working Paper 4436, The World Bank, Washington DC. (2007).

Provides a good review of PPP
experience in transport with attention to the realisation of financial and other risks.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract id=1072402

<9> Value for Money Assessment Guidance, HM Treasury (November 2006).

Describes current UK approach for assessing Value for Money in PFI projects. http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/vfm assessmentguidance061006opt.pdf

*<10> Public Sector Comparator: Technical Note,
Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria, Australia. (Partnerships Victoria, June 2001).

Detailed instructions for preparing the PSC
analysis. See also the Supplementary Technical Note published in July 2003. http://www.partnerships.vic.gov.au/CA25708500035EB6/0/E4C501A76F826D77CA25 70C0001B45EA?OpenDocument

<11> Frequently Asked Questions and Common Problems in Public Sector Comparator (PSC) Development,
Department of Treasury and Finance, Victoria, Australia. (Partnerships Victoria, February 2009).

Useful 6-page document, especially the one-page list of typical problems. Some
parts deal specifically with issues in Victoria but most material is applicable broadly.
http://www.partnerships.vic.gov.au/CA25708500035EB6/WebObj/A6PSC-
FAQs/$File/A6%20PSC%20-%20FAQs.pdf

<12> Guidelines for Successful Public Private Partnerships,
European Commission, Directorate General Regional Policy (March 2003).

Part 3 (pages 50-59) provides an overview of the economic and financial
implications of PPP risks and Value for Money assessment of PPPs
. http://ec.europa.eu/regional policy/sources/docgener/guides/ppp en.pdf

(13) The European system of national and regional accounts in the
Community,

Council Regulation (EC) No 2223/96 of 25 June 1996
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996R2223:EN:HTML

ESA95 is available from the Eurostat website under:

http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/nfaccount/info/data/esa95/esa95-new.htm

(14) ESA95 manual on government deficit and debt,
European Communities (2002 edition)

Part IV (Leases, licenses and concessions) cover the treatment of long term
contracts between government units and nongovernment partners (PPPs
) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITYOFFPUB/KS-42-02-585/EN/KS-42-02- 585-EN.PDF

<15> Accounting and Statistical Treatment of Public-Private: Partnerships Purposes, Methodology, and Recent Trends,
European PPP Expertise Centre (2010)

Thorough review of all aspects and trade-offs related to the statistical and
accounting treatment of PPPs
including Eurostat rules and national accounting issues in EU Member States.
http://www.eib.org/epec/infocentre/index.htm

<16> Eurostat

Specific administrative rules for the SSf ex-ante advice on the treatment of
PPPs
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP DS GFS/PGE DS GFS 0/TAB MET/EUROSTAT%20EX-ANTE%20ADVISE%2019%20JULY%202006%20-%20FINAL%20(2)_1.PDF