Publications

Infrastructure projects to carry out environmental impact assessments to prevent adverse impacts on the environment after project implementation.

The author evaluates the strength of the effect that community pressure and pollution charges have on industrial pollution control in China,  the author finds that the implicit discharge price is at least as high as the explicit price. In other words, community pressure not only exists, but may be as strong an incentive as the pollution charge is for industrial firms to control pollution in China.

It is used to guide the implementation of classification management of the environmental impact assessment of the construction project to prevent adverse impacts on the environment.

The Toolkit is intended to provide African countries, in summary form, with an overview of the experience to date with railway concessioning in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Modules 1-4 (out of nine modules) of the PPP Manual systematically guide public and private parties through the phases of PPP project preparation for national and provincial governments.

This report indicates that although privatization, competitive restructuring, and regulatory reforms improve infrastructure performance, several issues must be considered and conditions met for these measures to achieve their public interest goals.

This report looks into developing policies for Angola in the energy, water, transport and communcations sector in order to enhance the private participation in the rebuilding and development in the countries infrastructure.

This review is designed to assist the development community and policy makers in other countries who may be contemplating railway privatization.

The purpose of this brief note is to set out a checklist of issues which need to be considered when assessing the likely economic impact of regulatory reform.

The objective of this study is to was to analyze how processes of social exclusion created barriers to social mobility among the poor in Brazil, the better to identify some policy levers or interventions that could be used to remove those barriers and contribute to more effective poverty alleviation and social inclusion.

One of the main challenges in introducing PPPs lies in the proper definition of governance structures for all actors.

This study explains why and how the creation of institutionalized citizen engagement will enhance public accountability, performance, and customer responsiveness in the Indian urban water and sanitation sector.

This document carries out analysis in several countries to identify the role of small-scale providers (SSP) of water and sanitation services, as well as why these small scale providers exist and their experiences in Peru.

The goal of this paper is to describe the common features of small scale providers, propose common typology for describing and classifying different types of SPSPs, assess the scale and knowledge of SPSPs and compare patterns and trends in small scale water supply and electricity services.

This report outlines how in recent years Armenia has made significant strides in reforming the water sector by developing policies, enacting laws, and drawing up plans, programs and strategies aimed at improving water service provision

This paper discusses the regulation of water and sanitation services in urban areas.

This handbook presents detailed, practical guidance on how to conduct quick, mid-level, and in-depth regulatory evaluations with focus on power sector regulation.

This report provides an assessment of the state of regulatory governance in infrastructure industries in Brazil and to suggest possible indicators for future monitoring, while also providing a ranking among Brazillian regulators.

This paper considers three hydropower projects, these are in India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The paper looks into the impact of global climate change on these hydropower projects using an autoregressive model on a hydrological series, since hydropower is among the most vulnerable industries to changes in global and regional climate.

The second volume of this report and looks at infrastructure statistics in Brazil and international benchmarks, regulatory policy issues, contract negotiations, and gives conclusions and policy implications on these topics.