The PPP projects documentation (PCN, PAR, ADOA, CSN, PSR, PCRs, XSRs etc…) as well as country documentation (CSPs, CSPE, CPPRs,..) including the PRAs conducted within the Country Strategy and Program Evaluations (CSPEs) under the Comprehensive Evaluation of Bank assistance 2004-2015 will be reviewed to assess project results and the preparation of the data collection and analysis phase using the qualitative and quantitative secondary data.
Economic and social data, specifically disaggregated data, regulatory and legislative framework, private investment attractiveness, fiscal sustainability, inclusiveness, environmental and social safeguards as well as PPP funding mechanisms and modalities (eg. tariffs, user fees, maintenance fees, budgetary allocations, other stakeholder contributions, aid flows) will be collected. Other Value for Money data and information on procurement policies and procedures, contract management and implementation of the Government PPP Unit will also be collected and analyzed. Furthermore, the use of country diagnostics from the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) is important for the evaluation.
A critical literature review will be conducted to ascertain the initial PPP contextual analysis and findings undertaken during the Stocktaking and the Scoping missions (see section 4) and cover other topics such as transparency, public disclosure of contractual arrangements and service delivery, data on long term performance of PPPs, PPP Concessional financing types, etc. This will also help assist in conducting the benchmarking exercise and institutional effectiveness assessment. Other issues would be the risk of misallocation of resources when injecting grants in PPPs that would otherwise not be financially feasible (blended PPPs). Furthermore, in order to get a full understanding of the regional African context, a more detailed overview of the PPP enabling environments and PPP markets in Africa, data on PPP activity levels (by private sector and MDBs) will be collected for a sectoral and regional analysis.