South Asia 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	8
Projects reaching financial closure	452
Sector with largest investment share	Telecom (48%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investment	Greenfield project (79%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projects	Greenfield project (66%)
Projects cancelled or under distress	8 representing 3% of total investment

Number of Projects by Primary Sector

Financial Closure Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total
1990	0	3	1	0	4
1991	1	1	0	0	2
1992	4	0	0	0	4
1993	3	3	0	0	6
1994	4	6	1	0	11
1995	20	11	3	0	34
1996	16	10	4	0	30
1997	5	5	7	0	17
1998	9	2	9	0	20
1999	11	0	14	0	25
2000	10	1	1	1	13
2001	6	9	4	1	20
2002	6	2	9	0	17
2003	8	1	17	0	26
2004	11	6	7	1	25
2005	5	3	15	1	24
2006	20	4	54	0	78
2007	19	2	34	5	60
2008	21	0	13	2	36
Grand Total	179	69	193	11	452

Investment in Projects by Primary Sector (US$ million)

Investment Year	Energy	Telecom	Transport	Water and Sewerage	Total Investment
1990	0	130	2	0	132
1991	614	26	0	0	640
1992	20	20	0	0	40
1993	1,051	62	0	0	1,112
1994	2,075	601	125	0	2,800
1995	2,809	733	303	0	3,845
1996	4,079	1,552	182	0	5,813
1997	1,453	4,200	523	0	6,177
1998	1,291	743	296	0	2,330
1999	2,593	1,301	707	0	4,601
2000	1,987	1,007	30	0	3,024
2001	850	3,575	343	2	4,771
2002	396	5,043	747	0	6,186
2003	843	2,572	550	0	3,965
2004	4,235	6,154	1,151	111	11,652
2005	1,161	11,510	1,614	0	14,286
2006	5,781	11,674	9,669	0	27,124
2007	11,751	12,309	4,432	142	28,634
2008	13,570	13,890	5,832	76	33,367
Grand Total	56,559	77,102	26,505	331	160,497

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

Primary Sector	Subsector	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Electricity	171	43,959
	Natural Gas	8	805
Total Energy		179	44,764
Telecom	Telecom	69	73,065
Total Telecom		69	73,065
Transport	Airports	8	4,554
	Railroads	4	218
	Roads	145	11,553
	Seaports	36	5,882
Total Transport		193	22,208
Water and sewerage	Treatment plant	4	195
	Utility	7	136
Total Water and sewerage		11	331
Grand Total	..	452	140,368

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	3	0	4
1991	0	0	2	0	2
1992	0	1	3	0	4
1993	0	1	5	0	6
1994	0	2	9	0	11
1995	1	1	32	0	34
1996	2	2	26	0	30
1997	3	1	13	0	17
1998	4	1	14	1	20
1999	3	3	19	0	25
2000	0	0	12	1	13
2001	2	0	17	1	20
2002	2	3	12	0	17
2003	7	1	18	0	26
2004	3	2	19	1	25
2005	8	1	12	3	24
2006	46	2	29	1	78
2007	28	1	29	2	60
2008	8	1	26	1	36
Grand Total	118	23	300	11	452

Investment in Projects by Type (US$ million)

Investment Year	Concession	Divestiture	Greenfield	Management and lease contract	Total Investment
1990	2	0	130	0	132
1991	0	0	640	0	640
1992	0	0	40	0	40
1993	0	3	1,109	0	1,112
1994	0	543	2,257	0	2,800
1995	135	52	3,658	0	3,845
1996	11	291	5,511	0	5,813
1997	140	1,177	4,860	0	6,177
1998	70	144	2,117	0	2,330
1999	318	468	3,815	0	4,601
2000	0	98	2,926	0	3,024
2001	223	0	4,547	0	4,771
2002	83	966	5,137	0	6,186
2003	251	319	3,394	0	3,965
2004	567	2,531	8,554	0	11,652
2005	294	3,688	10,303	0	14,286
2006	8,084	1,351	17,689	0	27,124
2007	3,205	2,433	22,994	2	28,634
2008	4,693	1,146	27,529	0	33,367
Grand Total	18,076	15,211	127,209	2	160,497

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

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Concession	1	22
	Divestiture	19	5,014
	Greenfield project	159	51,523
Total Energy		179	56,559
Telecom	Divestiture	4	10,197
	Greenfield project	65	66,905
Total Telecom		69	77,102
Transport	Concession	115	17,969
	Greenfield project	72	8,536
	Management and lease contract	6	0
Total Transport		193	26,505
Water and sewerage	Concession	2	85
	Greenfield project	4	245
	Management and lease contract	5	2
Total Water and sewerage		11	331
Grand Total	..	452	160,497

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
Greenfield project	1	0
Grand Total	1	0

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

Primary Sector	Type of PPI	Project Count	Total Investment
Energy	Divestiture	1	29
	Greenfield project	2	2,800
Total Energy		3	2,829
Telecom		3	1,101
Total Telecom		3	1,101
Transport		1	144
	Management and lease contract	1	0
Total Transport		2	144
Grand Total	..	8	4,074

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