Midterm Actions

7.  Develop a strategy to facilitate research in the following areas:

a.  Investigate advantages and disadvantages of alternative organizational forms for PPP divisions.

b.  Examine methods for identifying and analyzing candidate PPP projects.

c.  Investigate the evolution and effectiveness of KPIs.

d.  Investigate the risk mitigation practices of the private sector in PPP arrangements to determine if private participants assume real levels of risk.

e.  Investigate the determinants of concession length both domestically and abroad.

f.  Evaluate methodologies for establishing and managing toll structures.

g.  Investigate and identify appropriate metrics for assessing the benefits and costs of PPP programs and projects and overall PPP program and project performance.