Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure

In 2016 the Government of Egypt (GoE) has embarked on an ambitious and much needed transition towards a better economic policy. While the macroeconomic stability and market confidence have been largely restored, the overall fiscal situation remains...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/588971544207642729/Report
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spelling okr-10986-310702021-05-25T09:20:43Z Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure World Bank Group INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT ENERGY WATER AND SANITATION AGRICULTURE AIRPORTS PORTS RAILWAY INLAND WATERWAYS URBAN TRANSPORT PROCUREMENT ACCESS TO LAND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS In 2016 the Government of Egypt (GoE) has embarked on an ambitious and much needed transition towards a better economic policy. While the macroeconomic stability and market confidence have been largely restored, the overall fiscal situation remains challenging. With limited fiscal space, solely relying on public resources to fund infrastructure investments, will no longer be a viable strategy to meet the country's needs. Building on the success of attracting private investment in renewables and natural gas sector, there is significant potential for replicating the success across other infrastructure sectors. Egypt has recognized that in order to raise competitiveness, increase investments in human capital, and sustain the benefits of the homegrown reform; it will need to continuously shift its development model towards creating an enabling environment for the private sector to invest more, export more and generate more jobs. Starting with Energy, Transport, Water and Sanitation and Agriculture, this report highlights the tremendous potential and opportunities available in each of these sectors. Additionally, it also presents a roadmap for sectoral transformation, whilst highlighting the cross-cutting enabling and functional activities required to facilitate this transition. 2018-12-27T17:59:37Z 2018-12-27T17:59:37Z 2018-12-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/588971544207642729/Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31070 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study Middle East and North Africa Egypt, Arab Republic of
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topic INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT
ENERGY
WATER AND SANITATION
AGRICULTURE
AIRPORTS
PORTS
RAILWAY
INLAND WATERWAYS
URBAN TRANSPORT
PROCUREMENT
ACCESS TO LAND
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
spellingShingle INFRASTRUCTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT
ENERGY
WATER AND SANITATION
AGRICULTURE
AIRPORTS
PORTS
RAILWAY
INLAND WATERWAYS
URBAN TRANSPORT
PROCUREMENT
ACCESS TO LAND
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
World Bank Group
Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
Egypt, Arab Republic of
description In 2016 the Government of Egypt (GoE) has embarked on an ambitious and much needed transition towards a better economic policy. While the macroeconomic stability and market confidence have been largely restored, the overall fiscal situation remains challenging. With limited fiscal space, solely relying on public resources to fund infrastructure investments, will no longer be a viable strategy to meet the country's needs. Building on the success of attracting private investment in renewables and natural gas sector, there is significant potential for replicating the success across other infrastructure sectors. Egypt has recognized that in order to raise competitiveness, increase investments in human capital, and sustain the benefits of the homegrown reform; it will need to continuously shift its development model towards creating an enabling environment for the private sector to invest more, export more and generate more jobs. Starting with Energy, Transport, Water and Sanitation and Agriculture, this report highlights the tremendous potential and opportunities available in each of these sectors. Additionally, it also presents a roadmap for sectoral transformation, whilst highlighting the cross-cutting enabling and functional activities required to facilitate this transition.
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author World Bank Group
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title Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure
title_short Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure
title_full Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure
title_fullStr Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure
title_full_unstemmed Egypt : Enabling Private Investment and Commercial Financing in Infrastructure
title_sort egypt : enabling private investment and commercial financing in infrastructure
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/588971544207642729/Report
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