The World Bank Group provides assistance to governments in developing countries to improve access to infrastructure and basic services through public-private partnerships (PPPs). Well-designed PPPs that appropriately consider fiscal implications and are implemented in a balanced regulatory environment can bring greater effciency and sustainability to the provision of such public services as water, sanitation, energy, transport, telecommunications, health care and education. The World Bank Group's unique value proposition rests with its capacity to provide support along the entire PPP cycle-upstream policy and regulatory guidance, transaction structuring advice, as well as financing and guarantees to facilitate implementation. |