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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 almost 5,000 projects dating from 1984 to the first semester of 2011.
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2011 data include only new projects implemented in the first semester of the year. Unlike previous years, 2011 data do not include additional investment in previously implemented projects at this point. Such data will be added in June 2012.
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Featured Indicator,1990-2011Value
Number of countries with private participation105
Projects reaching financial closure2027
Region with largest investment shareLatin America and the Caribbean (35%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentGreenfield project (64%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsGreenfield project (69%)
Projects cancelled or under distress108 representing 6% 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
19911000113
1992602504035
1993286516233117
199433113003481
199524447020398
19964310460164119
199754774356149
199813135039593
199918337211778
200018637110577
20014491947790
200253934183108
20035812241117113
200438615314480
20054212252912102
200635123652211121
20074026234238124
20081926291297111
20092227451426143
20101917330424115
201110924022166
Grand Total 619285670333111092,027

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
19923,52805,14002008,688
19935,57802,8572,9271,051012,413
19946,5831,1004,07602,0697613,904
19958,3711,7606,45702,8097719,474
199610,3353,6619,55904,07942828,062
199712,9371,19522,9124,6081,45375443,859
19985,19090918,8311,6201,29171528,556
19995,09534810,6116752,59353719,859
20003,4764,01114,3821501,98745124,457
20014,4392,0906,3251,36785571315,789
20023,4616267,8663040048412,867
20039,4551,0747,0513609221,29720,159
20043,4054353,5681,2124,3485613,023
20056,4743,7525,1364001,3151,35918,436
20064,1712,2459,4162,6865,81661624,950
20075,87818,11711,4371,12911,4401,21049,211
20087,75019,60711,26410414,12854653,399
20097,8469,52125,09146526,14544369,511
201010,31910,63213,643037,96737072,930
20111,5165,2224,53509,37023020,874
Grand Total 126,23186,372200,59717,733130,67310,400572,006

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
199100213
199213913035
1993974313117
1994102445281
1995141568198
1996928811119
19972828921149
199893846093
199962149278
200071651377
2001101663190
2002912852108
20031111838113
200491157380
20051314732102
20061012954121
2007931840124
2008318900111
20097131230143
2010921022115
20110158766
Grand Total 1963961,392432,027

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
19924,1422,0682,47808,688
19932,3885509,476012,413
19941,7352,9129,258013,904
19952,4443,21313,812519,474
19961,3849,38817,286428,062
199720,0796,69917,081043,859
19989,6265,53513,396028,556
19994,9853,28111,593019,859
20005,5403,54115,375124,457
20013,5952,8009,395015,789
20021,3721,5839,912012,867
20031,0593,79715,302020,159
20041,3344,5806,89521413,023
20052,4953,64812,289318,436
20064,3083,47717,165024,950
20074,19822,47122,542049,211
20085,63817,57130,189053,399
20098,6638,54152,307069,511
20106,9335,16060,69314472,930
2011079919,87020520,874
Grand Total 91,958112,227367,245576572,006

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific61934632619
Europe and Central Asia261736719285
Latin America and the Caribbean86974843670
Middle East and North Africa5325033
South Asia1222871311
Sub-Saharan Africa1786618109
Grand Total 1963961,392432,027

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific5,47925,09695,6560126,231
Europe and Central Asia7,59945,80232,75421786,372
Latin America and the Caribbean70,35229,103100,932210200,597
Middle East and North Africa6,60722410,902017,733
South Asia2210,692119,815144130,673
Sub-Saharan Africa1,8991,3107,185510,400
Grand Total 91,958112,227367,245576572,006

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorProject CountTotal Investment
Electricity1,687508,103
Natural Gas34265,069
Grand Total 2,029573,172

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific195,015
Europe and Central Asia142,212
Latin America and the Caribbean5921,744
South Asia42,997
Sub-Saharan Africa121,123
Grand Total 10833,091

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