Toll Roads : Recent Trends in Private Participation

Toll Roads : Recent Trends in Private Participation

During the 1990s developing countries increasingly turned to the private sector for construction, management, and maintenance of toll roads. Between 1990 and 1999, US$61 billion of private investment was committed to 279 projects in 26 developing c...

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Main Author: Silva, Gisele F.
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CITIES
CONCESSION PERIOD
CONCESSIONS
DEBT
EXPENDITURES
HIGH TRAFFIC
INCOME
INNOVATIONS
KILOMETERS OF TOLL HIGHWAYS
MANAGE TOLL ROADS
NATIONAL TOLL ROADS
OPERATING RISK
PRIVATE ACTIVITY IN TOLL ROADS
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN TOLL ROADS
PRIVATE ROADS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATIZATION
PROGRAMS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
REGULATORY AGENCIES
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
ROAD NETWORK
SHADOW TOLLING
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL FACILITIES
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROAD COMPANIES
TOLL ROAD SECTOR
TOLL ROADS
TOLLS
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN TOLL ROAD PROJECTS
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC FORECAST
TRAFFIC FORECASTING
TRAFFIC LEVELS
TRANSPORT
TURNKEY CONTRACTS
TYPE OF VEHICLES
VOTERS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
TOLL ROADS & HIGHWAYS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
DIVESTITURE
ROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
ROAD TANSPORT SECTOR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1346419/toll-roads-recent-trends-private-participation
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11408
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Summary:During the 1990s developing countries increasingly turned to the private sector for construction, management, and maintenance of toll roads. Between 1990 and 1999, US$61 billion of private investment was committed to 279 projects in 26 developing countries, comprising 34,369 kilometers of toll highways, bridges and tunnels. This Note analyzes the main trends in private participation in toll roads in developing countries using figures from the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database.

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