• World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3356: Where do We Stand on Transport Infrastructure Deregulation and Public-Private Partnership? The evolution of transport public-private partnerships (PPPs) in developing and developed countries since the early 1990s seems to be following a similar path: private initiatives work for a while but after a shock to the sector takes place the public sector returns as regulator, owner or financier; after a while the public sector runs into problems and eventually finds a hybrid solution to ensure the survival of the sector. This paper reviews the effectiveness of transport infrastructure deregulation from three angles: efficiency, fiscal and users' viewpoint. The paper emphasizes the difficulties and strong political commitments required to make the reforms sustainable and argues that governments willing to make corrections to the reform path are faced with the need to address recurrent and emerging issues in transport systems: tariff structure, quality (timetable, safety, environment), access rules for captive shippers, the trend toward rebundling and decrease in intrasectoral competition, multimodalism and the stimulus through yardstick competition.
•· World Bank Technical Paper No. 399, Concessions for Infrastructure: A Guide to Their Design and Award: Concession arrangements entail a myriad of legal and economic issues, including the organization of government entities responsible for concession programs and the adequacy of the broader legal and regulatory environment. The design and implementation of concession contracts that allocate risks and responsibilities and the mechanisms for evaluating and awarding projects are also of paramount importance. The government's role as regulator and as a provider of support for infrastructure concessions must also be assessed. While some countries have established extensive concession programs, others are just beginning to develop these programs. This report provides a guide to the complex range of issues and options involved in the implementation of concession arrangements, drawing on the experience of both industrial and developing countries.
• Public Private Partnerships in Toll Roads in the Peoples Republic of China: This paper was prepared for the PPIAF/ADB Conference on Infrastructure Development- Private Solutions for the Poor: The Asian Perspective, Manila, 28-30 October 2002. It provides a detailed review of the toll roads program in China deals with issues that are relevant to other countries and sectors. Issues addressed include: the motivation for private participation, institutional arrangements (including the use of corporatized companies that are nominally private but in fact government-controlled), and modalities for raising finance - including securitization of toll revenues, bond issues, joint ventures and concessions. Impacts on economic and regional development and social equity are assessed. The paper recommends greater coordination in planning of toll roads to create an effective network; clearer and standardized regulatory and institutional frameworks; a greater focus on users; and a more consultative approach to resettlement and related issues.
• World Bank Toll Roads and Concessions: This knowledge base deals with the general issue of toll roads. It also covers contractual options for private sector involvement (including concessions). The knowledge base covers the extent of toll road provision internationally, the objectives, benefits, and costs of a toll road program, tariff setting and development issues, and involvement of the private sector. This key issues document is based on extensive experience in the sector worldwide and follows on from the work being carried out on behalf of the World Bank and Japanese Ministry of Construction on the development of toll roads in Asia.
• Seminar Proceedings for Asian Toll Road Development in an Era of Financial Crisis:This seminar was held from 9-11 March 1999 at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo, Japan. It brought together a wide range of leaders, decision-makers, academics, and other influential people related to toll road development, totalling 340 persons from 17 countries. The Seminar featured 18 individual speeches and presentations, as well as a comprehensive panel discussion on the last day. Seminar speakers and panellists included MOCJ and World Bank officials, foreign government representatives, academic experts from Japan and abroad, public and private sector toll road developers and operators, and specialists in the areas of toll road finance, regulation, and legal issues.
The Seminar Proceedings comprise three volumes. Volume I contains an introductory Section and eight others, one for each of the Seminar Sessions. Volume II contains background information on the seminar and its participants. Volume III contains Appendix G, a report entitled "Review of Recent Toll Road Experience in Selected Countries," which served as the Seminar Resource Report and was given to all Seminar attendees.
• Public Policy for the Private Sector 258 - Unsolicited Proposals: John Hodges Competitive Solutions for Private Infrastructure: This Paper looks at systems used by some governments transform unsolicited proposals for private infrastructure projects into competitively tendered projects. It focuses on the policies that Chile, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and South Africa have adopted for managing such proposals. A companion discussion explores the problems associated with unsolicited proposals, especially the risks they raise for competition and transparency.
• PPP Council of Canada