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The Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects Database is a joint product of the World Bank's Infrastructure Economics and Finance Department and the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF). Its purpose is to identify and disseminate information on private participation in infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries. The database highlights the contractual arrangements used to attract private investment, the sources and destination of investment flows, and information on the main investors.

By providing critical data and analysis to government policy-makers, consumer representatives, the donor community, and other stakeholders, the database contributes to the public debate on the private provision of infrastructure.

The site currently provides information on more than 3,800 infrastructure projects dating from 1984 to 2006. It contains over 30 fields per project record, including country, financial closure year, infrastructure services provided, type of private participation, technology, capacity, project location, contract duration, private sponsors, and development bank support.

This project represents the best efforts of a research team to compile publicly available information on those projects, and should not be seen as a fully comprehensive resource. Some projects -- particularly those involving local and small scale operators -- tend to be omitted because they are usually not reported by major news sources, databases, government websites, and other sources used the PPI Projects database. For more information, visit http://ppi.worldbank.org/resources/ppi_aboutDb.aspx.