Public Infrastructure Financing: An International Perspective
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This paper by Chris Chan, Danny Forwood, Heather Roper and Chris Sayers was released on 31 March 2009.
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- Preliminaries (PDF - 277 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Acknowledgments, Abbreviations and Glossary - Overview - including key points (PDF - 254 Kb)
- Chapter 1 What is the study about? (PDF - 183 Kb)
1.1 Scope
1.2 Approach
1.3 Conduct
1.4 Report outline - Chapter 2 Financing public infrastructure (PDF - 224 Kb)
2.1 Why governments provide infrastructure
2.2 Efficient infrastructure investment
2.3 Financing vehicles used by governments - Chapter 3 Trends in infrastructure investment (PDF - 252 Kb)
3.1 Measuring infrastructure investment
3.2 International trends in economic and social infrastructure investment
3.3 International trends in general government spending on investment
3.4 Possible drivers of observed trends
3.5 The adequacy of investment - Chapter 4 General budget appropriations (PDF - 248 Kb)
4.1 Use of budget appropriations as a financing vehicle
4.2 Policy issues
4.3 Strengths and weaknesses - Chapter 5 Specific-purpose securitised borrowing (PDF - 236 Kb)
5.1 Use of specific-purpose bonds as a financing vehicle
5.2 The US experience
5.3 Policy issues
5.4 Strengths and weaknesses - Chapter 6 Off-budget financing by government trading enterprises (PDF - 236 Kb)
6.1 Applications and trends
6.2 Policy issues
6.3 Strengths and weaknesses - Chapter 7 Development contributions (PDF - 306 Kb)
7.1 Applications and trends
7.2 Policy issues
7.3 Strengths and weaknesses - Chapter 8 Public–private partnerships (PDF - 321 Kb)
8.1 Applications and trends
8.2 Policy issues
8.3 Strengths and weaknesses - Chapter 9 Asset management under government franchising (PDF - 281 Kb)
9.1 Applications and trends
9.2 Policy issues
9.3 Strengths and weaknesses - Chapter 10 Towards efficient financing (PDF - 242 Kb)
10.1 The total cost of financing
10.2 Minimising the total cost of financing
10.2 The effect of the financing vehicle on investment discipline
10.3 Developments to promote efficiency - Appendix A Workshop participants (PDF - 132 Kb)
- References (PDF - 280 Kb)
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