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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 more than 3,800 projects dating from 1984 to 2006.
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Featured Indicator,1990-2006Value
Number of countries with private participation108
Projects reaching financial closure1481
Region with largest investment shareLatin America and the Caribbean (41%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentGreenfield project (56%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsGreenfield project (60%)
Projects cancelled or under distress88 representing 9% of total investment
Energy subsector data also available: Electricity, Natural Gas

Number of projects by region and year of financial closure
Financial Closure YearEast Asia and PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaTotal
19901110014
19911100114
1992712504037
1993286516233117
199434203014493
19952429470203123
19964515470164127
1997561574366160
1998132050395100
199919737211783
2000191137112585
200142161475791
2002531831163112
2003541120187101
2004351215311379
2005331417261284
20062311224101181
Grand Total 48726748330132821,481

Investment in projects by region and year of investment (US$ million)
Year of InvestmentEast Asia and PacificEurope and Central AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanMiddle East and North AfricaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaTotal Investment
199044684400040592
19913790006140992
19924,1282465,14002009,534
19935,57802,8572,9271,051012,413
19946,8231,2104,0762052,0757614,464
19958,3714,0626,45702,8097721,775
199611,0634,1959,63904,07942829,404
199713,4352,89422,9124,6081,46975446,072
19985,1901,58918,9161,6201,29171529,321
19995,1761,07310,6118582,59358520,896
20003,5024,55314,3821502,41445125,451
20014,1782,8866,2392,18296071317,158
20023,4618,3697,4233039648420,162
20039,7351,5767,1713608431,29720,982
20043,7692,5403,3251,1994,2355615,125
20056,2943,7964,5624001,3841,35917,796
20062,6263,8047,1442,3362,95361619,479
Grand Total 93,75342,860131,29416,87529,1857,649321,616

Number of projects by type of private participation
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 best reflects the risk borne by the private sector.
Financial Closure YearConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
199012104
199101214
199202314037
1993380313117
199434147293
1995746691123
1996340831127
1997856951160
1998349480100
199932552383
200042355385
200192061191
2002919822112
20031111736101
200491751279
200514860284
200671258481
Grand Total 94473882321,481

Investment in projects by type of private participation (US$ million)
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 best reflects the risk borne by the private sector.
Year of InvestmentConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
199040484680592
199101298640992
199206,4563,07809,534
19932332,7059,476012,413
1994424,7159,708014,464
19954127,40213,957521,775
199622011,03418,145429,404
19975,65123,37017,051046,072
19981,40914,20113,712029,321
19996498,16912,078020,896
20007398,80415,907125,451
20011,8375,17710,144017,158
200253710,3009,325020,162
2003845,39815,501020,982
2004987,7397,07421415,125
20055894,76312,441317,796
20068077,63211,039019,479
Grand Total 13,344128,477179,569227321,616

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific48703672487
Europe and Central Asia132073710267
Latin America and the Caribbean101732973483
Middle East and North Africa6123030
South Asia1151160132
Sub-Saharan Africa167421782
Grand Total 94473882321,481

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific2,17815,83675,739093,753
Europe and Central Asia1,10128,30913,4391242,860
Latin America and the Caribbean1,36779,55350,164210131,294
Middle East and North Africa6,87709,998016,875
South Asia223,70025,463029,185
Sub-Saharan Africa1,7991,0784,76757,649
Grand Total 13,344128,477179,569227321,616

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorProject CountTotal Investment
Electricity1,160266,977
Natural Gas32355,806
Grand Total 1,483322,782

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific164,733
Europe and Central Asia101,526
Latin America and the Caribbean5019,972
South Asia32,829
Sub-Saharan Africa9824
Grand Total 8829,883

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