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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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Highlights      
Featured Indicator,1990-2008Value
Number of countries with private participation60
Projects reaching financial closure662
Region with largest investment shareEast Asia and Pacific (49%)
Type of PPI with largest share in investmentConcession (65%)
Type of PPI with largest share in projectsGreenfield project (40%)
Projects cancelled or under distress60 representing 34% 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
19910010012
19921031016
199331600111
1994401000014
1995401000115
1996531510125
19971402200036
19981311600131
1999812120537
20001361801139
20011351601439
20022041710244
2003269710144
20043141801054
2005456641163
2006456300256
2007623635281
2008471852265
Grand Total 35450203181126662

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
1991007500075
199228400000284
19932,55804,0710006,629
199482105250001,346
199552001,2930001,813
199614994219200201,304
19978,03301,9330009,966
19989431081,2760002,327
199927366,01100826,372
20004,0642882,84500317,229
20016733001,1650232,143
2002934516040001,589
2003697324296169091,494
20043,3672411,133011104,852
20051,014440190510002,154
20061,5727117130002,996
20071,9026096062301421213,610
20089743698078747603,100
Grand Total 28,7774,38923,7351,78333126659,281

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
199110012
199220226
1993603211
1994805114
1995913215
19967110725
199715291036
199818110231
19991378937
20002815539
2001121131339
20022438944
2003121211044
200428022454
2005180341163
200615230956
200725643781
200816242565
Grand Total 25728268109662

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
19917500075
1992284000284
19936,465016406,629
1994966038001,346
19951,5632022831,813
1996122361,125201,304
19979,13449933309,966
19981,67626638502,327
19991,6844,313347276,372
20006,13445663377,229
20011,13851937172,143
20021,03232323211,589
200380443554921,494
20043,3412101,281204,852
200569709974602,154
20061,1933834239972,996
20071,5295141,3921763,610
20086952901,7453693,100
Grand Total 38,5307,40511,1572,18959,281

Number of projects by region and type
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific1291120212354
Europe and Central Asia7573150
Latin America and the Caribbean117124430203
Middle East and North Africa009918
South Asia204511
Sub-Saharan Africa2022226
Grand Total 25728268109662

Investment in projects by region and type (US$ million)
RegionConcessionDivestitureGreenfield projectManagement and lease contractTotal
East Asia and Pacific22,6315765,01955128,777
Europe and Central Asia5424481,8251,5744,389
Latin America and the Caribbean15,1976,3812,153423,735
Middle East and North Africa001,78301,783
South Asia8502452331
Sub-Saharan Africa76013357266
Grand Total 38,5307,40511,1572,18959,281

Number of projects and investment in projects by subsector (US$ million)
SubsectorSegmentProject CountTotal Investment
Treatment plantPotable water and sewerage treatment plant12292
 Potable water treatment plant1329,217
 Sewerage treatment plant2254,997
Total Treatment plant 36914,505
UtilitySewerage collection143
 Sewerage collection and treatment103,044
 Water utility with sewerage21631,504
 Water utility without sewerage6610,184
Total Utility 29344,775
Grand Total ..66259,281

Canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific2911,600
Europe and Central Asia28
Latin America and the Caribbean258,657
Middle East and North Africa10
Sub-Saharan Africa39
Grand Total 6020,273

Combined electricity and water projects with private participation by type
regionProject CountTotal Investment
East Asia and Pacific290
Europe and Central Asia36
Latin America and the Caribbean14
Middle East and North Africa55,507
South Asia10
Sub-Saharan Africa12660
Grand Total 246,267

Combined electricity and water canceled or under distress projects and investment by region (US$ million)
regionProject CountTotal Investment
Europe and Central Asia10
Sub-Saharan Africa6366
Grand Total 7366

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