Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007

Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation in South Asia amounted to almost US$29 billion in 2007, remaining in the US$28-29 billion range for the second consecutive year, according to just-released data from the p...

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Main Author: Izaguirre, Ada Karina
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10388337/investment-commitments-south-asia-remained-peak-level-2007
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spelling okr-10986-110032021-04-23T14:02:53Z Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007 Izaguirre, Ada Karina AIRPORT AIRWAYS BRIDGE COAL ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ENGINEERS GAS GENERATION HIGHWAYS HYDRO POWER HYDROPOWER HYDROPOWER PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURES LEASING NATURAL GAS OIL OIL COMPANY PIPELINE POWER POWER COMPANY POWER DISTRIBUTION POWER GRID POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PROJECT POWER STATION RING ROAD ROAD ROAD PROJECTS ROADS THERMAL POWER THERMAL POWER PLANT TOLL TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INVESTMENT URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES WATER SUPPLY WIND WIND FARM Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation in South Asia amounted to almost US$29 billion in 2007, remaining in the US$28-29 billion range for the second consecutive year, according to just-released data from the private participation in infrastructure project database. With this investment level, South Asia accounted for 18 percent of the year's total investment commitments in developing countries. The high level of investment commitments was driven both by new projects and by projects implemented in previous years. The 58 new projects accounted for US$15.7 billion, while projects reaching financial closure in 1990-2006 attracted US$13.3 billion. Commitments to physical assets, remaining in the US$27-28 billion range, accounted for almost all the investment in the region in 2007. Payments to the government (such as spectrum or concession fees and divestiture revenues) amounted to US$0.6 billion, or less than 2 percent of annual investment. 2012-08-13T13:51:07Z 2012-08-13T13:51:07Z 2008-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10388337/investment-commitments-south-asia-remained-peak-level-2007 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11003 English PPI Data Update; Note No. 18 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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topic AIRPORT
AIRWAYS
BRIDGE
COAL
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERS
GAS
GENERATION
HIGHWAYS
HYDRO POWER
HYDROPOWER
HYDROPOWER PLANT
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURES
LEASING
NATURAL GAS
OIL
OIL COMPANY
PIPELINE
POWER
POWER COMPANY
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER GRID
POWER PLANT
POWER PLANTS
POWER PROJECT
POWER STATION
RING ROAD
ROAD
ROAD PROJECTS
ROADS
THERMAL POWER
THERMAL POWER PLANT
TOLL
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITIES
WATER SUPPLY
WIND
WIND FARM
spellingShingle AIRPORT
AIRWAYS
BRIDGE
COAL
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRICITY
ENGINEERS
GAS
GENERATION
HIGHWAYS
HYDRO POWER
HYDROPOWER
HYDROPOWER PLANT
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURES
LEASING
NATURAL GAS
OIL
OIL COMPANY
PIPELINE
POWER
POWER COMPANY
POWER DISTRIBUTION
POWER GRID
POWER PLANT
POWER PLANTS
POWER PROJECT
POWER STATION
RING ROAD
ROAD
ROAD PROJECTS
ROADS
THERMAL POWER
THERMAL POWER PLANT
TOLL
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
UTILITIES
WATER SUPPLY
WIND
WIND FARM
Izaguirre, Ada Karina
Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007
geographic_facet South Asia
relation PPI Data Update; Note No. 18
description Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation in South Asia amounted to almost US$29 billion in 2007, remaining in the US$28-29 billion range for the second consecutive year, according to just-released data from the private participation in infrastructure project database. With this investment level, South Asia accounted for 18 percent of the year's total investment commitments in developing countries. The high level of investment commitments was driven both by new projects and by projects implemented in previous years. The 58 new projects accounted for US$15.7 billion, while projects reaching financial closure in 1990-2006 attracted US$13.3 billion. Commitments to physical assets, remaining in the US$27-28 billion range, accounted for almost all the investment in the region in 2007. Payments to the government (such as spectrum or concession fees and divestiture revenues) amounted to US$0.6 billion, or less than 2 percent of annual investment.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Izaguirre, Ada Karina
author_facet Izaguirre, Ada Karina
author_sort Izaguirre, Ada Karina
title Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007
title_short Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007
title_full Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007
title_fullStr Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007
title_full_unstemmed Investment Commitments in South Asia Remained at a Peak Level in 2007
title_sort investment commitments in south asia remained at a peak level in 2007
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/12/10388337/investment-commitments-south-asia-remained-peak-level-2007
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11003
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