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After the federal government's 10-year pledge to support infrastructure development, Canada's P3 market is riding the crest of a wave. But the onus is now on the municipalities to procure the projects to re-ignite the pipeline, reports Dan Colombini. Read more...

With the world’s most prestigious sporting events on the horizon and faced with a large infrastructure deficit, Brazil is overseeing a rapidly growing PPP pipeline. But under-utilised private expertise will be vital to overcome public sector inexperience, reports Dan Colombini Read more...

Following the Colombian government’s announcement of its massive infrastructure programme, the first wave of projects is now hitting the market. Their success will be key to attracting vital international investment, reports Dan Colombini Read more...

The US remains an ‘emerging’ PPP market, but the fundamentals are now in place in many states, argues John Sellers, Principal at regional infrastructure merchant bank, Yavapai Regional Capital Read more...

Canada has long been at the forefront of the global P3 market. But political changes and a slowdown in activity mean municipal projects will be key to maintaining dealflow, reports Dan Colombini. Read more...

Infrastructure projects are popping up in various parts of the States of late, and after President Obama’s re-election, many believe this is just the tip of the iceberg. But where do the opportunities exist in the United States’ P3 market? And more importantly, what are the drawbacks of investing in the country at the moment, asks Aaron Weinman Read more...

The evolution of project bonds in Canada and Australia provides some interesting lessons for PPP markets in the rest of the world, write Tessa Hoser, Geoff Gilbert and Dominic Adams at Norton Rose. Read more...

Transit projects rarely cover all of their operating expenses, let alone capital costs, so why are Canada's Edmonton and Toronto considering P3s, asks Mira Shenker Read more...

After four years in the US, Hochtief is nearing financial close on its first P3. Peter Coenen, executive vice president at Hochtief PPP Solutions, looks at the challenges ahead in an ‘erratic’ market Read more...

Federal loan guarantees on US renewable energy schemes reveal a valuable lesson for PPPs, writes John Ryan at advisers Greengate Read more...

A new sales tax proposal could take Georgia’s Department of Transportation beyond its current handful of headline P3 schemes, writes Kyle DeGiulio at UK Trade & Investment Read more...

As a diminished federal role in funding US infrastructure gets even smaller, public officials must understand that the private sector requires a rate of return equal with risk, writes Steve Van Beek, chief of policy at LeighFisher Read more...

Debate on a US infrastructure bank has turned to proposals for an American Infrastructure Financing Authority, writes Michael Likosky at New York University Read more...

John Sellars, co-founder of Yavapai Regional Capital in Arizona, on how US politics are shaping PPP dealflow and why a new asset class is needed Read more...

Brazil must speed up procurement of road and airport PPPs or the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic deadlines could force it into public investment, writes Luiz Claudio Campos, partner, Ernst & Young’s advisory team in Brazil Read more...

Sober decisions made by Partnerships British Columbia during the credit crisis have allowed a more practical delivery model to evolve, writes incoming President & CEO Sarah Clark Read more...

Rudi van den Broek, chief project officer, Vancouver Island Health Authority, explains how to get projects moving Read more...

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...

As Barack Obama attempts to spend his way out of the economic crisis, project finance seems to be sitting squarely in the middle of US policy objectives. Amanda Nicholls reports. Read more...