Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database

PPI investment in 2023 amounted to US$86.0 billion, representing 0.2 percent of the GDP of all low- and middle-income countries. Although this represents a slight decrease from US$91.3 billion in 2022, total commitments in 2023 still marginally exceeded the previous five-year average (2018-2022) of 85.5 billion.

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Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database

The distribution of new project investments shifted in favor of low-carbon—prior to 2010, distribution was even (852 conventional versus 899 low-carbon), but after 2010, the number of new low-carbon PPI projects (1,915) was more than double that of conventional ones (815).

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Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database

The Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Project Database has data on over 10,000 infrastructure projects in 137 low- and middle-income countries. The database is the leading source of PPI trends in the developing world, covering projects in the energy, telecommunications, transport, and water and sewerage sectors.

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Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Database

Current levels of institutional investor activity in new infrastructure deals are quite low at only 0.7% of total private participation in infrastructure investment in EMDEs. From 2011 to the first half of 2017, 41 projects received institutional investor contribution.

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    Latest! PPI Database Global Report, 2023

    PPI investment in 2023 amounted to US$86.0 billion, representing 0.2 percent of the GDP of all low- and middle-income countries. Although this represents a slight decrease from US$91.3 billion in 2022, total commitments in 2023 still marginally exceeded the previous five-year average (2018-2022) of 85.5 billion.

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    PPI Database Half-year (H1) Update, 2023

    The first half of 2023 painted a multifaceted landscape for PPI. Investment commitments declined by 7% compared to the same period in 2022, totaling $36.4 billion in 44 countries.

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    PPI Database Global Report, 2022

    The recovery of PPI that began after the COVID-19 pandemic has continued into 2022. In total, private sector investment commitments reached US$91.7 billion across 263 projects, equivalent to 0.25 percent of the GDP of all low- and middle-income countries

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    PPI Database Global Report H1 2022

    In the first half (H1) of 2022, global PPI investment saw a continued increase compared with the first halves of 2020 and 2021, with the H1 2022 investments nearly double those of H1 2020..

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    PPI Database Global Report, 2021

    As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 crisis, private participation in infrastructure (PPI) investment commitments in 2021 bounced back from their historic lows in 2020.

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    PPI Database Global Report, H1 2021

    This year’s Private Participation in Infrastructure first half year (H1) report shows clear signs of recovery in infrastructure investment since the first wave of the pandemic.

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    PPI Database Global Report, 2020

    COVID-19’s global impact on infrastructure was widespread and swift. Investment commitments in infrastructure with private participation in 2020 stood at US$45.7 billion across 252 projects, marking a 52 percent decline from 2019 levels.

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    PPI Database Global Report, 2020

    Highlighting the impact of COVID-19, investment commitments in the first half of 2020 stood at US$21.9 billion across 128 projects, a decline of 56 percent from the same period in 2019. 

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    Annual PPI Database Global Report, 2019

    Investment commitments in 2019 stood at US$96.7 billion across 409 projects, marking a slight decline of three percent from 2018 levels. Private investment commitments occurred in 62 countries, which is the highest number in last decade.

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    Energy Sector Note – 2017

    PPI investment in energy in 2017 marked a 11-percent increase over 2016 levels. In 2017, investments in energy stood at US$51.9 billion across 203 projects, compared to US$46.8 billion across 183 projects in 2016

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    Transport Sector Note – 2017

    In 2017, PPI transport investments almost doubled, and now accounts for a third of total PPI investments. US$36.5 billion was invested in 66 transport projects in 2017, compared to US$18.9 billion invested in 2016. Although the energy sector continued to be the predominant sector, transport investments accounted for a higher proportion of overall investments in 2017 compared to previous years—transport PPI investments accounted for more than a third (39 percent) of total investments in 2017 across all four sectors (energy, water, transport and information and communication technologies (ICT)), compared to only about a quarter (24 percent) in 2016

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    Water-and-Sewerage-Sector Note – 2017

    Declining water and sewerage investments in 2017. The 2017 sectoral investment level at US$1.9 billion across 30 projects, not only represents a slight decline (seven percent) com¬pared to the 2016 levels but is also 55 percent lower than the five-year average of US$4.2 bil¬lion. In 2017, water and sewerage was the only sector to report a decline in investment levels

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    ICT Backbone Sector – 2017

    Considerably higher investment in ICT-backbone1 in 2017. In 2017, PPI investment in ICT-backbone projects reached US$3.0 billion across six projects. This is six times the 2016 investment level of US$462 million and twice the previous 10-year average of US$1.3 billion. The PPI investment commitment in the ICT-backbone sector in 2017 accounted for 3.2 percent of the total PPI investment, compared to 1.3 percent over the past 10 years.

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    Energy Sector Note – 2015

    Total investment in energy projects with private participation in 2015 in low- and middle-income countries was US$37.6 billion, 50 percent below the five-year average of US$74.7 billion.

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    Transport Sector Note – 2015

    Total investment in transport projects with private participation in emerging countries in 2015 was US$69.9 billion, 53 percent above the five-year average of US$45.6 billion.

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    Water Sector Note – 2015

    In 2015, total investment in water projects in developing countries was US$4.1 billion, 8% higher than the five-year average of US$3.8 billion (2010-2014).

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    COVID-19 Operational Disruptions in Infrastructure

    The data indicates that the number of disruptions for projects in pipeline peaked in April and has since been decreasing. For projects already under construction, the number of projects facing disruptions peaked in May and has since been decreasing as well.

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    Contribution of Institutional Investors to PPI Investment, 2011-H12017

    Infrastructure development is a critical factor for a country’s long-term growth and economic development.Well-designed and efficiently implemented investments in infrastructure can promote economic growth and improve access to basic services that boost quality of life.

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    Investment in IDA countries, 2013-2017

    2017 was a stellar year for PPI investments in IDA countries. Private participation in infrastructure (PPI) investments1 in IDA countries totaled US$7.9 billion across 35 projects in 17 countries in 2017, compared to US$2.9 billion in 2016 across 18 projects in 10 countries. IDA countries accounted for 8.5 percent of total PPI investment in 2017, up from 4.3 percent in 2016.

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    Effects of multilateral support on infrastructure PPP contract cancellation

    A growing body of quantitative research on public-private partnership (PPP)

    performance, particularly for long-term infrastructure contracts, attends to factors

    that influence the level of investments in PPP and PPP performance over time.

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    PPI Investment in Low Carbon Infrastructure (2002-H1 2017)

    After 2010, favorable government policies led to a surge of low-carbon projects. The percentage of low-carbon projects receiving government support grew from 3% before 2010 to 51% afterwards. The distribution of new project investments shifted in favor of low-carbon—prior to 2010, distribution was even, but after 2010, the number of new low-carbon PPI projects (1,915) was more than double that of conventional ones (815).

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    Publications using PPI database now available under "Resources"

    Over 85 publications draw their analyses from the PPI Database and these have been categorized by sector, region, and themes. With the click of a button, a vast resource of information on infrastructure investments is now accessible to all.

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    Sources of Financing for PPPs in 2015

    Access the data on how PPPs in low and middle income countries were financed in 2015, with information on public and private financing withbreakdowns by region and sector. 

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    PPI in IDA Countries, 2011 to 2015

    During 2011-2015, PPI investments amounted to $27 billion across 143 projects concentrated in 24 out of the 56 IDA countries

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    PPI in IDA Countries, 2009 to 2014

    Private investment in infrastructure in IDA countries from 2009 to 2014 totaled US$73 billion.

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