Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines
Private activity in infrastructure in South Asia showed mixed results in 2008, according to just-released data from the private participation in infrastructure project database. Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private partici...
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okr-10986-109552021-04-23T14:02:53Z Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines Izaguirre, Ada Karina Fitzgerald, Rossa AIRPORTS BIOMASS BIOMASS POWER COGENERATION ECONOMICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FINANCE COMPANY GAS GAS DISTRIBUTION GAS TRANSMISSION GENERATION HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INVESTMENT COMMITMENTS INVESTMENT GROWTH INVESTMENT RISK NATURAL GAS POWER POWER GENERATION POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PROJECT PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE INVESTMENT RAILWAYS ROAD ROAD PROJECTS ROADS THERMAL POWER THERMAL POWER PLANT TRANSMISSION LINE TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES WIND WIND FARM Private activity in infrastructure in South Asia showed mixed results in 2008, according to just-released data from the private participation in infrastructure project database. Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation reached a new peak thanks to additional investment in existing telecommunications operators and new energy and transport projects that reached financial or contractual closure in the first half of the year. But investment in new projects slowed in the second half of the year with the full onset of the financial crisis. This slowdown led to a decline in the number of projects for the entire year. The region accounted for 22 percent of the year's total investment commitments in developing countries. In 2008, 36 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in three South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan). These projects involve investment commitments of US$17.9 billion. Infrastructure projects implemented in previous years had additional commitments of US$15.4 billion, bringing total investment in 2008 to US$33.4 billion. That represented an increase of 12 percent from the level reported in 2007 and a new peak for the region. Both new and existing projects accounted for the increase. Investment in new projects increased by 8 percent from the level in 2007, while investment in existing projects rose by 18 percent. 2012-08-13T13:41:03Z 2012-08-13T13:41:03Z 2009-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/11893567/investment-commitments-reach-new-peak-south-asia-number-new-projects-declines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10955 English PPI Data Update; Note No. 33 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 |
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Private activity in infrastructure in
South Asia showed mixed results in 2008, according to
just-released data from the private participation in
infrastructure project database. Investment commitments to
infrastructure projects with private participation reached a
new peak thanks to additional investment in existing
telecommunications operators and new energy and transport
projects that reached financial or contractual closure in
the first half of the year. But investment in new projects
slowed in the second half of the year with the full onset of
the financial crisis. This slowdown led to a decline in the
number of projects for the entire year. The region accounted
for 22 percent of the year's total investment
commitments in developing countries. In 2008, 36
infrastructure projects with private participation reached
financial or contractual closure in three South Asian
countries (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan). These projects
involve investment commitments of US$17.9 billion.
Infrastructure projects implemented in previous years had
additional commitments of US$15.4 billion, bringing total
investment in 2008 to US$33.4 billion. That represented an
increase of 12 percent from the level reported in 2007 and a
new peak for the region. Both new and existing projects
accounted for the increase. Investment in new projects
increased by 8 percent from the level in 2007, while
investment in existing projects rose by 18 percent. |
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Izaguirre, Ada Karina Fitzgerald, Rossa |
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Izaguirre, Ada Karina Fitzgerald, Rossa |
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Izaguirre, Ada Karina |
| title |
Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines |
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Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines |
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Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines |
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Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines |
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Investment Commitments Reach a New Peak in South Asia While the Number of New Projects Declines |
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investment commitments reach a new peak in south asia while the number of new projects declines |
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2012 |
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