1 This chapter is compiled from the analysis contained in three Notes on Public Policy for the Private Sector produced by the World Bank/International Finance Corporation (IFC). These are: Note 216, October 2000, Melissa Houskamp and Nicola Tynan; Note 250, October 2002, Ada Karina Izaguirre; Note 299, October 2005, Ada Karina Izaguirre; Note 216, and Note 303, February 2006, Sunita Kikeri and Aishetu Kolo.
2 Privatization proceeds in this context refer to monetary receipts to government generated by transactions such as divestment, concessions, and leases.
5 Schur, Michael, Stephan von Klaudy, and Georgina Dellacha. 2006. The role of developing country firms in infrastructure: A new class of investors emerges. Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) Gridlines Note No. 2. April.
6 PPIAF is a multi-donor technical assistance facility aimed at helping developing countries improve the quality of their infrastructure through private sector involvement. Launched in July 1999, PPIAF was developed at the joint initiative of the Governments of Japan and the United Kingdom, working closely with the World Bank.
7 This section is drawn from the World Bank Tool Kit on Public-Private Partnership in High-ways which contains additional detail and simulations. Available: http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/Toolkits/Highways/2_CARAC/index.htm.
8 From the World Bank Output-Based Aid Guidance Note for Staff.