The scan team learned a significant amount about established PPP programs during its visits with the host countries. The team identified several critical points that it consistently observed across the nations. These points are the salient messages from the scan:
♦ PPPs are an effective strategy for delivering highway projects, and they are service arrangements as much as financial ones.
♦ Potential PPP projects must be analyzed, selected, structured, and procured thoughtfully to preserve public interests.
♦ Managing the partnership over the life of the contract is critical to providing the services expected and maintaining the public-private relationship.
♦ Public sector institutional capacity requires strength- ening and continuous improvement for PPP program effectiveness.