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This page summarizes private activity across infrastructure sectors and developing regions by number of projects and investment commitments. It also ranks sectors, regions, countries, and private sponsors by those measures of private activity. Sponsors should have at least 15% ownership in a project to be included and must be either a private company or foreign state-owned enterprise.

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Regions ranked by number of projects, 1990-2006

Region	Project Count
Latin America and the Caribbean	1,205
East Asia and Pacific	1,099
Europe and Central Asia	746
South Asia	348
Sub-Saharan Africa	332
Middle East and North Africa	111

Regions ranked by investment 1990-2006 (US$ million)

Region	Project Investment
Latin America and the Caribbean	438,528
East Asia and Pacific	253,631
Europe and Central Asia	206,813
South Asia	96,044
Middle East and North Africa	52,993
Sub-Saharan Africa	50,576

Primary sectors ranked by number of projects, 1990-2006

Primary sectors ranked by investment, 1990-2006 (US$ million)

Top 10 countries by projects, 1990-2006

Top 10 countries by investment, 1990-2006 (US$ million)

Top 10 sponsors by number of projects and region, 1990-2006

Sponsor	Total	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa
SUEZ	99	32	17	30	8	0	12
NWS Holdings Limited	68	68	0	0	0	0	0
AES Corporation	62	10	10	34	1	5	2
Veolia Environnement	62	17	24	8	5	1	7
Xinao Gas Holdings Limited	56	56	0	0	0	0	0
RWE	38	10	26	2	0	0	0
Electricite de France	35	4	9	12	1	0	9
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd	32	17	0	4	2	7	2
Hong Kong and China Gas Company	30	30	0	0	0	0	0
Telefonica SA	30	0	2	27	1	0	0

Top 10 sponsors by investment and region, 1990-2006 (US$ million)

Sponsor	Total Investment	East Asia and Pacific	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	Middle East and North Africa	South Asia	Sub-Saharan Africa
Telefonica SA	70,856	0	11,554	57,557	1,745	0	0
Telecom Italia	35,030	0	320	34,710	0	0	0
Carso Group	32,560	0	0	32,560	0	0	0
America Movil	29,231	0	0	29,231	0	0	0
SUEZ	28,171	8,281	1,902	13,670	4,154	0	164
France Telecom	27,459	1,009	18,946	1,285	3,893	0	2,327
AES Corporation	21,046	2,169	2,165	14,556	415	6	772
Deutsche Telekom	20,442	1,185	19,175	0	0	0	82
Portugal Telecom	19,988	0	0	17,694	1,745	0	549
Singapore Telecom	18,684	10,774	0	0	0	59	0

Top 10 sponsors by number of projects and primary sector, 1990-2006

Sponsor	Total	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage
SUEZ	99	34	0	4	61
NWS Holdings Limited	68	5	0	45	18
AES Corporation	62	62	0	0	0
Veolia Environnement	62	8	0	0	54
Xinao Gas Holdings Limited	56	56	0	0	0
RWE	38	21	1	0	16
Electricite de France	35	35	0	0	0
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd	32	0	9	23	0
Hong Kong and China Gas Company	30	28	0	0	2
Telefonica SA	30	0	30	0	0

Top 10 sponsors by investment and primary sector, 1990-2006 (US$ million)

Sponsor	Total Investment	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage
Telefonica SA	70,856	0	70,856	0	0
Telecom Italia	35,030	0	35,030	0	0
Carso Group	32,560	0	31,830	730	0
America Movil	29,231	0	29,231	0	0
SUEZ	28,171	14,432	0	400	13,339
France Telecom	27,459	0	27,459	0	0
AES Corporation	21,046	21,046	0	0	0
Deutsche Telekom	20,442	0	20,442	0	0
Portugal Telecom	19,988	0	19,988	0	0
Singapore Telecom	18,684	0	18,684	0	0


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Featured Rankings, 1990 to 2006