Obama plans infra bank
US President Barack Obama has announced plans to create an infrastructure bank to leverage private and public capital for new building projects.Read more
In Depth
Australia – Playing politics
6 September 2010 - With the nation in political limbo after the federal election, there will be some long-term consequences for the PPP market, says Alex Guy, partner at lawyers DLA Phillips Fox. Read more...
Recycling PPPs in the Middle East
1 September 2010 - Post-financial crisis, governments are considering sharing the risk and gains that come with refinancing writes Joanne Emerson of counsel Norton Rose (Middle East) LLP Read more...
Canada’s speedy solution
25 August 2010 - Rudi van den Broek, chief project officer, Vancouver Island Health Authority, explains how to get projects moving Read more...
Europe: Still a land of opportunity
23 August 2010 - The financial downturn has not diminished scope for infrastructure projects in Europe, explains Johannes Schmidt, Chief executive of Equity & Project Finance, Siemens Financial Services Read more...
Brazil: Altered States
9 August 2010 - Brazil’s states are showing a new appetite for private investment, as the country’s first health and prison PPPs begin operating, writes Pablo dos Santos, senior economic advisor at the government’s PPP Unit Read more...
Latest News
€35bn Grand Paris rail consultation begins
6 September 2010 - The French government has opened public consultation on the 96-mile Grand Paris transit system, following extensive studies on proposed routes and stations.Read more...
Contract signed for world's largest metro PPP
6 September 2010 - The contract has been signed for the Hyderabad Metro in India. Read more...
Slovakia to snub PPPs
3 September 2010 - Slovakia looks set to move away form using private investment in its infrastructure projects following the collapse of the D1 motorway PPP.Read more...
Philippines to buy land for PPP
3 September 2010 - The government of the Philippines is to set aside US$336.3m (P15bn) next year for PPPs.Read more...
Peru to award package for six airport terminals
3 September 2010 - The contract to operate and improve six airport terminals in Peru is to be awarded in the next few monthsRead more...
Europe infrastructure demand declines
3 September 2010 - French contractor Bouygues has revealed a 10% drop in first-half profits, attributing the fall to a slump in infrastructure schemes across Europe.Read more...
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