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Economic Development in Africa Report 2015

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CHAPTER 2. Making Regulation Work for Services in Africa

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Table 8. Total public-private partnership infrastructure projects by service sector and type, 1990–2013 Primary sector Energy

Type of public-private partnership Concession

19 9

1 717

118

18 205

Management and lease

18

5

164

22 396

Divestiture

32

23 558

Greenfield

169

85 174

4 Total

0

205

108 732

Concession

63

7 782

Divestiture

3

169

Greenfield

20

10 237

Management and lease

16

52

102

18 241

Total Water and sewage

2 469

Greenfield

Management and lease Transport

Total investment (million $)

Divestiture

Total Telecommunications

Number of projects

Concession

2

76

Greenfield

3

259

Management and lease

23

57

Total

28

392

Grand total

499

149 761

Source: African Development Bank, 2014. Note: Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of the above four types, but boundaries between types are not always clear and some projects have features of more than one type. In such instances, projects are classified under the type that better reflects the risks borne by the private sector.

effects of progress in reforms and enterprise performance (Foster and BriceĂąo Garmendia, eds., 2010, and Vagliasindi and Nellis, 2009). The study shows that most African countries have not made progress in these three areas although, in general, institutional development in utilities (ICT, water and energy) is further advanced than in the transport sector (Escribano et al., 2010).


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