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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 participation81
Projects reaching financial closure1147
Region with largest investment shareLatin America and the Caribbean (41%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentConcession (53%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsConcession (54%)
Projects cancelled or under distress67 representing 8% of total investment
Transport subsector data also available: Airports, Railroads, Roads, Seaports

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
1990502901136
199160400111
1992831100022
19931721900240
19943033401270
19952132503254
19963843204482
19974024317598
19982265129797
199917316114657
20001433351561
20011111634237
20021101019132
200316115017958
20041531347547
2005188104152176
2006248233547119
2007201024434294
20088920313356
Grand Total 3416942831193851,147

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
199092106,6910207,615
19912,40506100003,015
199285502,7770003,632
19932,33832,2520004,593
19944,13302,4340125496,741
19954,82102,7860303637,973
19968,7621446,29401822815,410
19976,47230510,76719052346918,725
19982,2901,18911,65312429633615,887
19992,1803563,5581827071,0878,069
20002,6437614,533568301818,716
20012,651634,0193743434847,934
20021,84401,7120747784,382
20035,67012196105502807,581
20041,7766072,4694301,1512236,655
20057,2164,4043,2861031,6142,47219,095
20069,7871,1966,5817429,6694,17932,154
20076,5093,11310,8982,7064,43220527,863
20081,3174,61011,9511,0605,8321,25526,024
Grand Total 74,59016,87296,2296,47926,50511,389232,065

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
199018015336
1991704011
1992839222
199321213440
199444322170
199531415454
199644726582
199759926498
199862526497
199925822257
200030822161
200118215237
200210216432
200329022758
200421119647
200542029576
2006748343119
200748338594
200833617056
Grand Total 62471390621,147

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
19902,28905,32507,615
199134702,66803,015
19921,21902,41303,632
19933,20431,38334,593
19943,38703,35406,741
19953,590384,34147,973
19968,2451,3725,7712315,410
199712,2281,4355,054918,725
199812,7988321,85040815,887
19996,1116761,27668,069
20004,5661,3522,79818,716
20012,8894114,63037,934
20021,6401362,536704,382
20032,32805,25307,581
20043,7454392,432406,655
20056,016010,5362,54319,095
200615,0754,92812,0599232,154
200714,82565810,6341,74627,863
200818,8224596,744026,024
Grand Total 123,32512,73791,0574,946232,065

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific120401756341
Europe and Central Asia242016969
Latin America and the Caribbean30189920428
Middle East and North Africa10014731
South Asia1150726193
Sub-Saharan Africa543141485
Grand Total 62471390621,147

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific14,74211,46748,381174,590
Europe and Central Asia7,5178473,8884,62016,872
Latin America and the Caribbean73,70825422,14811996,229
Middle East and North Africa2,88203,4331646,479
South Asia17,96908,536026,505
Sub-Saharan Africa6,5061694,6714211,389
Grand Total 123,32512,73791,0574,946232,065

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorProject CountTotal Investment
Airports13230,045
Railroads10641,977
Roads567114,531
Seaports34446,162
Grand Total 1,149232,715

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific228,434
Latin America and the Caribbean379,634
Middle East and North Africa2340
South Asia2144
Sub-Saharan Africa4212
Grand Total 6718,764

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