This paper has been co-authored by Aijaz Ahmad from the Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice and Shyamala Shukla from the Public-Private Partnerships Group of the World Bank.
The authors would like to thank the following IFC and World Bank staff for their valuable contributions: Aditya Dhar, Andri Wibisono, Bhanu Mehrotra, Carla M.N. Faustino Coelho, Evans Kamau, Iain Menzies, Ibrahim Dajani, Isabel Chatterton, Neeraj Gupta, Pankaj Mishra, and Ricardo Arias.
The authors are grateful to Jeffrey Delmon, John Speakman, and Richard Cabello for their peer review comments and valuable contributions towards improving the draft. The authors are indebted to the following public and private sector practitioners in client countries: Arvind Mayaram, Finance Secretary, Government of India; James Aiello and Xola Ngamlana, Government Technical Advisory Center (GTAC), South Africa; J.S. Oberoi, Associate Director, LT Foods Limited, India; Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Ex-MD, Madhya Pradesh Warehousing and Logistics Corporation Limited (MPWLC), Government of Madhya Pradesh, India; and all the officials of the PPP Unit and the Ministry of Education PPP Node in Kenya.
The authors wish to thank Mohammad Shouman, Consultant, Trade & Competitiveness Global Practice for meticulously going through the draft and preparing it for publication.
Funding for this output was provided by the World Bank Group's former Investment Climate Global Practice "Private Participation in Infrastructure and Social Sectors" (PPI&SS).