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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 4,300 projects dating from 1984 to 2008.
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Featured Indicator,1990-2008Value
Number of countries with private participation132
Projects reaching financial closure795
Region with largest investment shareLatin America and the Caribbean (37%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentGreenfield project (55%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsGreenfield project (74%)
Projects cancelled or under distress45 representing 3% of total investment

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
199060813018
199125501013
1992410300320
19933904033103
199413221136358
1995113242111070
1996104411110985
199732413251764
199801535421571
19992129101337
2000175511837
20013811391650
200231512315
200337831931
2004053661030
200506243621
2006286341033
2007272121529
200831210310
Grand Total 713041474169163795

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
199098403,4631013004,587
19913061689,10102609,601
19921,9381334,4581020206,579
19932,7822046,14156219,194
19942,9137059,2619360155314,126
19954,0581,0246,52812073367713,141
19967,0353,1299,4481231,55296122,248
19979,2897,52612,6901914,2001,75535,651
19981,6536,69737,0601,6927431,46749,312
19994,5815,46617,8321,8471,3012,84633,874
20007,61915,42516,5973,3681,0072,78746,802
20015,0437,55821,8611,6273,5754,04943,714
20025,1916,6049,5781,3105,0433,63531,361
20033,0778,3736,9511,3602,5724,71527,048
20044,90611,43210,6105,7556,1544,51243,371
20053,54019,47512,6155,00911,5104,91857,068
20064,65717,59514,4938,31611,6747,02863,762
20077,62921,10915,7907,29312,30910,33674,465
20085,46522,75220,3483,94213,89011,72778,123
Grand Total 82,665155,376244,82442,07377,10261,988664,027

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
19901512018
19910211013
19920317020
1993083200103
199401048058
19952959070
19966673085
199701153064
199801952071
19990334037
20000532037
20010941050
20020114015
20030029231
20040225330
20050417021
200601023033
20070722029
2008037010
Grand Total 91925895795

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
1990104,15742004,587
199108,83676509,601
1992104,2772,29206,579
199355,8423,34709,194
199409,4804,645014,126
19952586,6026,281013,141
19962,3458,22211,681022,248
199775417,22817,670035,651
199858131,03217,699049,312
199966717,14016,067033,874
200063427,65118,517046,802
20012020,06423,630043,714
20022110,94520,395031,361
2003429,18317,824027,048
200414517,42025,806043,371
20057023,07233,927057,068
2006022,99740,766063,762
2007024,72749,738074,465
2008024,20453,920078,123
Grand Total 5,560293,078365,3880664,027

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific81152071
Europe and Central Asia01121920304
Latin America and the Caribbean0311160147
Middle East and North Africa1730341
South Asia0465069
Sub-Saharan Africa0271342163
Grand Total 91925895795

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific5,52528,95048,190082,665
Europe and Central Asia062,01593,3610155,376
Latin America and the Caribbean0158,72386,1010244,824
Middle East and North Africa3515,82126,217042,073
South Asia010,19766,905077,102
Sub-Saharan Africa017,37344,615061,988
Grand Total 5,560293,078365,3880664,027

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorProject CountTotal Investment
Telecom795664,027
Grand Total 795664,027

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific107,633
Europe and Central Asia71,789
Latin America and the Caribbean610,610
Middle East and North Africa3677
South Asia31,101
Sub-Saharan Africa161,081
Grand Total 4522,891

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