This module provides an overview of Public-Private Partnership (PPPs), for interested government officials and other stakeholders who want to learn more about how PPPs can be used to provide infrastructure assets and services.
• Section 1.1: What is a PPP: Defining 'Public-Private Partnership' delves in more detail into the definition of PPP: describing the range of PPP contract types, and clarifying how PPPs relate to a broader range of 'partnerships' between the public and private sectors
• Section 1.2: How PPPs Are Used: Sectors and Services describes the range of sectors and services for which PPPs have been used, with links to a wide range of international PPP examples.
• Section 1.3: Infrastructure Challenges and How PPPs Can Help describes some of the problems that typically arise in providing infrastructure-particularly in developing countries. It describes how PPPs can help address some of those problems-drawing where possible on examples and evidence-as well as the limitations and potential pitfalls of PPP
• Section 1.4: How PPPs Are Financed briefly introduces the private finance structures used for PPPs, and provides links to further resources for those interested in learning more. It also describes how governments may seek to influence or control how private parties develop the financing structure-and why and how governments may participate in financing PPPs.