Latin America and the Caribbean Region - Private Infrastructure Projects

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This page provides a snapshot of infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries by developing region. Projects included are management or lease contracts, concessions, greenfield projects, and divestitures. The database contains more than 4,300 projects dating from 1984 to 2008.
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Highlights

Featured Indicator, 1990-2008	Value
Infrastructure Sectors Reported	Energy,Telecom,Transport,Water and sewerage
Number of countries with private participation	29
Projects reaching financial closure	1290
Sector with largest investment share	Telecom (48%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investment	Divestiture (49%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projects	Greenfield project (45%)
Projects cancelled or under distress	118 representing 10% of total investment

Number of Projects by Primary Sector

Financial Closure Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total
1990	1	8	29	0	38
1991	0	5	4	1	10
1992	25	3	11	3	42
1993	16	4	19	6	45
1994	30	11	34	10	85
1995	46	4	25	10	85
1996	46	11	32	15	104
1997	74	13	43	22	152
1998	49	35	51	16	151
1999	37	9	16	21	83
2000	37	5	33	18	93
2001	15	11	16	16	58
2002	32	5	10	17	64
2003	20	8	15	7	50
2004	14	3	13	18	48
2005	19	2	10	6	37
2006	23	6	23	3	55
2007	17	2	24	6	49
2008	11	2	20	8	41
Grand Total	512	147	428	203	1,290

Investment in Projects by Primary Sector (US$ million)

Investment Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total Investment
1990	440	3,463	6,691	0	10,594
1991	0	9,101	610	75	9,785
1992	5,140	4,458	2,777	0	12,375
1993	2,857	6,141	2,252	4,071	15,321
1994	4,076	9,261	2,434	525	16,296
1995	6,457	6,528	2,786	1,293	17,064
1996	9,532	9,448	6,294	192	25,467
1997	22,912	12,690	10,767	1,933	48,302
1998	18,816	37,060	11,653	1,276	68,805
1999	10,611	17,832	3,558	6,011	38,011
2000	14,382	16,597	4,533	2,845	38,357
2001	6,265	21,861	4,019	1,165	33,309
2002	8,022	9,578	1,712	604	19,915
2003	7,176	6,951	961	296	15,384
2004	3,387	10,610	2,469	1,133	17,598
2005	4,528	12,615	3,286	190	20,619
2006	7,981	14,493	6,581	713	29,768
2007	10,600	15,790	10,898	606	37,894
2008	7,168	20,348	11,951	807	40,274
Grand Total	150,349	244,824	96,229	23,735	515,137

Total Projects by Primary Sector and Subsector (US$ million)

Primary Sector	Subsector	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Electricity	436	119,911
	Natural Gas	77	23,601
Total Energy		513	143,512
Telecom	Telecom	147	238,187
Total Telecom		147	238,187
Transport	Airports	46	9,285
	Railroads	56	19,557
	Roads	210	54,937
	Seaports	116	10,275
Total Transport		428	94,054
Water and sewerage	Treatment plant	47	2,299
	Utility	156	21,436
Total Water and sewerage		203	23,735
Grand Total	..	1,291	499,489

Number of Projects by Type

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.

Financial Closure Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield	Management and lease contract	Total
1990	16	4	18	0	38
1991	3	2	5	0	10
1992	5	20	15	2	42
1993	17	12	15	1	45
1994	30	17	36	2	85
1995	24	22	35	4	85
1996	32	24	43	5	104
1997	46	36	59	11	152
1998	59	43	47	2	151
1999	25	21	34	3	83
2000	41	9	41	2	93
2001	18	6	30	4	58
2002	18	2	36	8	64
2003	14	0	30	6	50
2004	20	0	26	2	48
2005	7	0	30	0	37
2006	14	5	35	1	55
2007	17	2	30	0	49
2008	22	0	19	0	41
Grand Total	428	225	584	53	1,290

Investment in Projects by Type (US$ million)

Investment Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield	Management and lease contract	Total Investment
1990	2,171	3,727	4,696	0	10,594
1991	332	8,836	617	0	9,785
1992	944	9,161	2,269	0	12,375
1993	5,916	8,347	1,055	3	15,321
1994	2,192	10,154	3,949	0	16,296
1995	3,647	7,979	5,426	11	17,064
1996	5,929	13,985	5,531	23	25,467
1997	11,535	26,744	10,014	9	48,302
1998	12,512	39,589	16,696	8	68,805
1999	5,709	21,599	10,703	0	38,011
2000	6,507	17,637	14,213	1	38,357
2001	2,755	16,847	13,703	3	33,309
2002	1,722	6,444	11,677	71	19,915
2003	1,046	5,103	9,236	0	15,384
2004	2,457	7,959	6,977	205	17,598
2005	1,750	9,439	9,430	0	20,619
2006	4,334	12,608	12,826	0	29,768
2007	8,638	14,087	15,168	0	37,894
2008	10,228	14,408	15,638	0	40,274
Grand Total	90,325	254,654	169,825	333	515,137

Total Projects by Primary Sector and Type (US$ million)

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	10	1,420
	Divestiture	174	89,295
	Greenfield project	325	59,424
	Management and lease contract	3	210
Total Energy		512	150,349
Telecom	Divestiture	31	158,723
	Greenfield project	116	86,101
Total Telecom		147	244,824
Transport	Concession	301	73,708
	Divestiture	8	254
	Greenfield project	99	22,148
	Management and lease contract	20	119
Total Transport		428	96,229
Water and sewerage	Concession	117	15,197
	Divestiture	12	6,381
	Greenfield project	44	2,153
	Management and lease contract	30	4
Total Water and sewerage		203	23,735
Grand Total	..	1,290	515,137

Total Projects Combined Electric and Water (US$ million)

This table reports projects with private participation that provide both electricity and water services. These projects are reported with energy as primary sector to avoid project double-counting in sector data and because energy services usually account for most of the committed investment.

Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Concession	1	4
Grand Total	1	4

Total Projects Cancelled or Distressed by Primary Sector & Type (US$ million)

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	1	360
	Divestiture	34	16,802
	Greenfield project	14	3,546
	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Energy		50	20,708
Telecom	Divestiture	2	10,139
	Greenfield project	4	471
Total Telecom		6	10,610
Transport	Concession	22	3,727
	Greenfield project	15	5,907
Total Transport		37	9,634
Water and sewerage	Concession	14	8,100
	Divestiture	2	266
	Greenfield project	6	291
	Management and lease contract	3	0
Total Water and sewerage		25	8,657
Grand Total	..	118	49,609

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