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This page provides a snapshot of infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries by primary sector. Projects include management or lease contracts, concessions, greenfield projects, and divestitures. The database contains almost 5,000 projects dating from 1984 to 2011.
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Highlights
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Infrastructure Sectors Reported |
Energy, Telecom, Transport, Water and sewerage |
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Projects reaching financial closure |
208 |
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Sector with largest investment share |
Telecom |
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Type of PPI with largest share in investment |
Concession |
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Projects cancelled or distressed
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41
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29%
of total investment)
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DATA |
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Region: |
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Latin America and the Caribbean |
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Income Category: |
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Upper middle income
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GNI per capita (US$): |
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6050 |
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Number of Projects by Primary Sector |
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| 1990 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 18 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 1994 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 1995 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 18 |
| 1996 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 21 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 100 | 7 | 82 | 19 | 208 |
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Total Investment in Projects by Primary Sector (US$ million) |
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| 1990 | 0 | 1,255 | 2,088 | 0 | 3,343 |
| 1991 | 0 | 2,648 | 214 | 75 | 2,937 |
| 1992 | 5,023 | 1,111 | 815 | 0 | 6,949 |
| 1993 | 2,495 | 2,095 | 1,440 | 4,000 | 10,029 |
| 1994 | 2,076 | 2,170 | 941 | 2 | 5,188 |
| 1995 | 2,135 | 2,645 | 621 | 1,091 | 6,492 |
| 1996 | 2,380 | 2,328 | 930 | 1 | 5,639 |
| 1997 | 3,081 | 1,464 | 1,195 | 874 | 6,614 |
| 1998 | 3,642 | 1,739 | 1,911 | 439 | 7,731 |
| 1999 | 1,755 | 2,323 | 2,345 | 902 | 7,325 |
| 2000 | 2,143 | 1,901 | 130 | 690 | 4,863 |
| 2001 | 946 | 1,470 | 64 | 0 | 2,479 |
| 2002 | 112 | 769 | 7 | 67 | 954 |
| 2003 | 104 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 436 |
| 2004 | 274 | 658 | 3 | 35 | 970 |
| 2005 | 249 | 707 | 0 | 0 | 955 |
| 2006 | 1,928 | 1,023 | 337 | 0 | 3,288 |
| 2007 | 489 | 1,111 | 729 | 0 | 2,329 |
| 2008 | 718 | 1,580 | 331 | 0 | 2,629 |
| 2009 | 344 | 1,319 | 6 | 0 | 1,670 |
| 2010 | 323 | 1,728 | 0 | 0 | 2,051 |
| 2011 | 408 | 2,137 | 6 | 0 | 2,551 |
| Total | 30,623 | 34,513 | 14,111 | 8,176 | 87,423 |
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Total Projects by Primary Sector and Subsector (US$ million) |
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| Energy | Electricity | 86 | 20,328 |
| Natural Gas | 15 | 11,144 |
| Total Energy | 101 | 31,473 |
| Telecom | Telecom | 7 | 34,513 |
| Total Telecom | 7 | 34,513 |
| Transport | Airports | 5 | 2,381 |
| Railroads | 18 | 5,574 |
| Roads | 43 | 5,279 |
| Seaports | 16 | 878 |
| Total Transport | 82 | 14,111 |
| Water and sewerage | Utility | 19 | 8,176 |
| Total Water and sewerage | 19 | 8,176 |
| Total | | 209 | 88,273 |
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Total Number of Projects by Type and Primary Sector |
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Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of the four categories
indicated in the table. But the boundaries between these categories are not always
clear, and some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases
projects have been classified in the category that better reflects the risk borne
by the private sector.
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| Energy | 47 | 15 | 38 | 0 | 100 |
| Telecom | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Transport | 58 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 82 |
| Water and sewerage | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
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| Total | 123 | 18 | 48 | 19 | 208 |
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Total Investment in Projects by Type and Primary Sector (US$ million) |
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Most infrastructure projects with private participation fit in one of these four
categories. But the boundaries between these categories are not always clear, and
some projects have features of more than one category. In these cases projects have
been classified in the category that better reflects the risk borne by the private
sector.
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| Energy | 20,092 | 2,182 | 8,349 | 0 | 30,623 |
| Telecom | 0 | 19,869 | 14,644 | 0 | 34,513 |
| Transport | 13,530 | 30 | 542 | 10 | 14,111 |
| Water and sewerage | 8,176 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,176 |
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| Total | 41,797 | 22,081 | 23,534 | 10 | 87,423 |
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Comparative Infrastructure Indicators |
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| GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) | 6,050 | 4,776 | 6,338 | 33,470 |
| Access to electricity (% of population) | 95 | 79 | 84 | .. |
| Electric power consumption (kwh per capita) | 2,418 | 1,476 | 2,582 | 8,769 |
| Improved water source (% of population with access | 96 | 91 | 94 | 99 |
| Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access) | 91 | 79 | 85 | .. |
| Total telephone subscribers per 100 inhabitants | 105 | 71 | 86 | .. |
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