India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands

India has had the most success attracting more private investment in infrastructure in 2006 than any other developing country. Long-standing policies in most other South Asian countries are beginning to bear fruit as well. Nevertheless, delivering...

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Main Author: Harris, Clive
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9317926/india-leads-developing-nations-private-sector-investment-region-needs-more-investment-meet-demands
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spelling okr-10986-106202021-04-23T14:02:51Z India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands Harris, Clive AIRPORTS BRIDGE CONTRACTUAL MODELS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DRIVING FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FINANCIAL WEAKNESS FIRMS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INVENTORY INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS INVESTMENT NEEDS INVESTMENT PROGRAM LANES LONG-TERM CONCESSION NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAIL RAIL ROUTES RAIL SECTOR REGULATORY GOVERNANCE ROAD ROAD CAPACITY ROADS SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SOUTH ASIAN STOCKS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORT PROJECTS WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM India has had the most success attracting more private investment in infrastructure in 2006 than any other developing country. Long-standing policies in most other South Asian countries are beginning to bear fruit as well. Nevertheless, delivering the infrastructure services needed to sustain and accelerate growth in South Asia remains a major challenge. Estimates suggest that closing the gap in service provision and meeting future needs will require infrastructure investment in the range of 7 to 8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a year. The private sector can do more to help close the region's infrastructure service deficit. But first the region's governments will need to close the infrastructure policy deficit, manifested in many sectors in distorted pricing, poor governance and accountability, and weak financial and operational performance. 2012-08-13T12:26:45Z 2012-08-13T12:26:45Z 2008-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9317926/india-leads-developing-nations-private-sector-investment-region-needs-more-investment-meet-demands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10620 English Gridlines; No. 30 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic AIRPORTS
BRIDGE
CONTRACTUAL MODELS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DRIVING
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL WEAKNESS
FIRMS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
HIGHWAY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT CAPITAL
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS
INVESTMENT NEEDS
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
LANES
LONG-TERM CONCESSION
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
RAIL
RAIL ROUTES
RAIL SECTOR
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
ROAD
ROAD CAPACITY
ROADS
SANITATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SOUTH ASIAN
STOCKS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
spellingShingle AIRPORTS
BRIDGE
CONTRACTUAL MODELS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DRIVING
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FINANCIAL WEAKNESS
FIRMS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
HIGHWAY
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INVENTORY
INVESTMENT CAPITAL
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS
INVESTMENT NEEDS
INVESTMENT PROGRAM
LANES
LONG-TERM CONCESSION
NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE
POLITICAL ECONOMY
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
RAIL
RAIL ROUTES
RAIL SECTOR
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
ROAD
ROAD CAPACITY
ROADS
SANITATION
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SOUTH ASIAN
STOCKS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT NETWORK
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Harris, Clive
India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands
geographic_facet South Asia
India
relation Gridlines; No. 30
description India has had the most success attracting more private investment in infrastructure in 2006 than any other developing country. Long-standing policies in most other South Asian countries are beginning to bear fruit as well. Nevertheless, delivering the infrastructure services needed to sustain and accelerate growth in South Asia remains a major challenge. Estimates suggest that closing the gap in service provision and meeting future needs will require infrastructure investment in the range of 7 to 8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a year. The private sector can do more to help close the region's infrastructure service deficit. But first the region's governments will need to close the infrastructure policy deficit, manifested in many sectors in distorted pricing, poor governance and accountability, and weak financial and operational performance.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Harris, Clive
author_facet Harris, Clive
author_sort Harris, Clive
title India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands
title_short India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands
title_full India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands
title_fullStr India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands
title_full_unstemmed India Leads Developing Nations in Private Sector Investment : But the Region Needs More Investment to Meet Demands
title_sort india leads developing nations in private sector investment : but the region needs more investment to meet demands
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9317926/india-leads-developing-nations-private-sector-investment-region-needs-more-investment-meet-demands
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10620
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