Middle East and North Africa 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	12
Projects reaching financial closure	122
Sector with largest investment share	Telecom (62%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investment	Greenfield project (62%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projects	Greenfield project (63%)
Projects cancelled or under distress	6 representing 2% of total investment

Number of Projects by Primary Sector

Financial Closure Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total
1990	0	1	0	0	1
1992	0	0	0	1	1
1993	2	0	0	0	2
1994	0	3	0	0	3
1995	0	2	0	0	2
1996	0	1	0	1	2
1997	3	2	1	0	6
1998	3	4	2	0	9
1999	2	1	1	2	6
2000	1	5	5	0	11
2001	4	3	3	0	10
2002	1	1	1	1	4
2003	1	3	0	1	5
2004	3	6	4	0	13
2005	2	4	4	4	14
2006	5	3	3	0	11
2007	4	1	4	3	12
2008	1	1	3	5	10
Grand Total	32	41	31	18	122

Investment in Projects by Primary Sector (US$ million)

Investment Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total Investment
1990	0	10	0	0	10
1992	0	10	0	0	10
1993	2,927	5	0	0	2,932
1994	0	93	0	0	93
1995	0	120	0	0	120
1996	0	123	0	0	123
1997	4,608	191	190	0	4,989
1998	1,620	1,692	124	0	3,436
1999	675	1,847	182	0	2,704
2000	150	3,368	568	0	4,086
2001	1,367	1,627	374	0	3,368
2002	30	1,310	0	0	1,340
2003	360	1,360	0	169	1,889
2004	1,212	5,755	430	0	7,397
2005	400	5,009	103	510	6,022
2006	2,686	8,316	742	0	11,744
2007	1,129	7,293	2,706	230	11,358
2008	104	3,942	1,060	874	5,980
Grand Total	17,268	42,073	6,479	1,783	67,603

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

Primary Sector	Subsector	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Electricity	26	12,348
	Natural Gas	6	4,816
Total Energy		32	17,164
Telecom	Telecom	41	42,073
Total Telecom		41	42,073
Transport	Airports	11	1,913
	Railroads	2	343
	Roads	1	104
	Seaports	17	4,119
Total Transport		31	6,479
Water and sewerage	Treatment plant	9	1,783
	Utility	9	0
Total Water and sewerage		18	1,783
Grand Total	..	122	67,499

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	1	0	0	0	1
1992	0	0	0	1	1
1993	0	0	2	0	2
1994	0	0	3	0	3
1995	0	0	2	0	2
1996	0	0	1	1	2
1997	2	0	4	0	6
1998	1	1	7	0	9
1999	1	0	3	2	6
2000	1	2	8	0	11
2001	3	0	7	0	10
2002	0	0	2	2	4
2003	0	0	5	0	5
2004	0	0	8	5	13
2005	2	2	7	3	14
2006	2	2	6	1	11
2007	2	1	6	3	12
2008	1	2	6	1	10
Grand Total	16	10	77	19	122

Investment in Projects by Type (US$ million)

Investment Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield	Management and lease contract	Total Investment
1990	10	0	0	0	10
1992	10	0	0	0	10
1993	5	0	2,927	0	2,932
1994	0	0	93	0	93
1995	0	0	120	0	120
1996	0	0	123	0	123
1997	4,548	0	441	0	4,989
1998	1,370	757	1,309	0	3,436
1999	182	192	2,330	0	2,704
2000	50	3,164	872	0	4,086
2001	759	254	2,355	0	3,368
2002	10	127	1,203	0	1,340
2003	0	33	1,856	0	1,889
2004	0	2,957	4,437	3	7,397
2005	103	1,729	4,190	0	6,022
2006	742	3,480	7,522	0	11,744
2007	1,515	1,300	8,382	161	11,358
2008	220	2,051	3,709	0	5,980
Grand Total	9,524	16,045	41,870	164	67,603

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

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	5	6,607
	Divestiture	3	224
	Greenfield project	24	10,437
Total Energy		32	17,268
Telecom	Concession	1	35
	Divestiture	7	15,821
	Greenfield project	30	26,217
	Management and lease contract	3	0
Total Telecom		41	42,073
Transport	Concession	10	2,882
	Greenfield project	14	3,433
	Management and lease contract	7	164
Total Transport		31	6,479
Water and sewerage	Greenfield project	9	1,783
	Management and lease contract	9	0
Total Water and sewerage		18	1,783
Grand Total	..	122	67,603

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	4	5,107
Greenfield project	1	400
Grand Total	5	5,507

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

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Telecom	Greenfield project	3	677
Total Telecom		3	677
Transport		2	340
Total Transport		2	340
Water and sewerage	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Water and sewerage		1	0
Grand Total	..	6	1,017

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