Involving the Private Sector and Public-Private Partnerships in Financing Investments: Public Opportunities and Challenges

The Infrastructure Finance in the Developing World Working Paper Series is a joint research effort by GGGI and the G-24 that explores the challenges and opportunities for scaling up infrastructure finance in emerging markets and developing countries.

Section 1 of this paper describes some general trends in involving the private sector in public projects. Section 2 focuses on PPPs and asymmetric information. Section 3 draws some policy conclusions.