Appendix 3. Procuring Infrastructure PPPs 2018 Transparency Scores

Considering the importance of transparency through the PPP life cycle, several questions were included in the survey instrument to assess whether economies adhere to international good practices in terms of disclosure of information to the public in the preparation, procurement, and contract management phases.

In the 2018 edition of the report, transparency scores were compiled by aggregating the scores for selected survey questions related to transparency and online publication of PPP materials in each of the three thematic areas: preparation, procurement, and contract management. The scores are presented on a range from 0 to 100, with economies with the highest scores considered to comply with international disclosure good practices.

Transparency is not an unequivocal concept and several other questions in the survey are also related to other forms of transparency. In particular, several questions refer to the transparency and fairness of the process regarding the information provided to the bidders. Those questions were not included in the transparency score.

The following questions were included and scored in calculating these cross-sectional transparency scores: