PROJECT DETAILS

To manage the increase of demand for water supply in Gaborone and recent drought conditions, the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) of Botswana is planning a wastewater reclamation project that will use the effluent generated by the existing Glen Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) as a source of potable water. This is based on a Build, Operate, and Transfer (BOT) structure, that entails the rehabilitation of the Glen Valley WWTP, the development of a new wastewater reuse facility, and the operation of both facilities.

The activity will support CAIXA, one of Brazil’s public banks, with the structuring and procurement of public street lighting modernization PPPs for a minimum of 10 and up to 15 of Brazil’s 5,570 municipalities. In parallel, the activity will support the wider World Bank “FinBRAZEEC” program to ensure CAIXA develops the capacity necessary to inherit this standardized approach for application to a future pipeline of similar projects in other municipalities, including the possibility of transfer to other subnational subsectors.

To support the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications with the preparation and delivery of the Sofia Airport concession...Read More>>

The project will be one of the first gas-fired IPPs. Total project cost is approximately US$1 billion.

Assist the Government of Liberia (GoL) with transaction structuring and support necessary to deliver the availability-payment concession of a portion of the Ganta- Zwedru road, key link in the country’s southeastern transportation corridor.

The GIF will provide transaction support to assist the Lilongwe Water Board with the preparation of the PPP transaction. The funding would support IFC’s role as a transaction advisor and hiring of technical and legal consultants to prepare the transaction... Read More>>

Transaction advisory of LNG import and selecting a private sector developer to finance and operate a ca. 500 million standard cubic feet per day FSRU under a medium term agreement.

The proposed GIF Activity entails supporting IFC’s advisory to Proinversión, the private investment promotion agency of Perú with the mandate to procure and structure this project, in structuring a PPP contract to design, finance, construct, operate and maintain improvements that increase availability of service and coverage of drinking water supply for 3.6m residents. The World Bank will provide parallel support to government entities as they contemplate the mix of tariff support and public subsidy that will be needed to make availability payments to the concessionaire within the context of a wider portfolio of required investments.

Bus-based mass transportation system in the Greater Dakar Area. The project consists of (i) transport infrastructure (construction of bus lanes, terminals and stations, passenger information system, safety and security); and (ii) transport equipment and systems (procurement of bus fleet, operating system)... Read More>>

Support the Tunisian energy utility (STEG) to undertake the necessary feasibility studies, financial analysis and modeling, and structuring for the transaction.

Programmatic support to Government of Argentina in the process of re-engaging the market for private investment in infrastructure under new Government...Read More>>

Programmatic support to bring to market a set of priority federal-level road, airport, port, and rail projects, with focus on achieving wider — particularly international — market participation and sources of finance.

The Foz do Rio Itajaí Region, comprising 11 municipalities and located in the State of Santa Catarina, is moving to implement a network of five BRT corridors and six priority bus lanes as a key step to delivery of the region’s integrated mobility strategic plan. These municipalities currently lack a quality public transportation system with 80% of trips currently performed with private vehicles. The Project, in coordination with a reformed parking policy, will reduce congestion and improve air quality through an expects a significant increase in the share of trips made by public transport.

The Project serves to increase service coverage and improve water and sanitation services. It involves implementing a comprehensive water project through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) which includes the rehabilitation of existing assets, construction of greenfield new assets for sewage treatment, water supply, pipe networks, water source protection, and operation and maintenance of existing and new assets, and a cloud IT platform.

Consists of two PPP concessions. One for a new 2nd bridge crossing of the Vridi-Bietry Bay, and another one for the development of an inland port facility adjacent to the AutoRoute du Nord.

This project proposes to find a private-sector driven solution that captures, stores and transports untreated gas from multiple fields to processing facilities using a network of specialized trucks – a “virtual pipeline.” Ultimately, this gas will be used for power generation or to produce natural gas derived products.

GIF engagement includes reviewing priority project pipelines to identify and prioritize a set of early-mover projects—based on project readiness and sector priorities—and preparing project-specific action plans that detail the work needed to bring the projects to market... Read More>>

The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is seeking to explore options to bring in private investment and operations to its telecommunications industry, which is currently a monopoly run by Ethio Telecom, a vertically integrated State-Owned Entity (SOE). GIF will help GoE to diversify its telecommunications industry, by offering multiple commercial and regulatory options for Ethio Telecom. This will include an in-depth analysis with pros and cons of options such: selling minority share of Ethio Telecom to a private investor, opening franchises for telecom services, breaking Ethio Telecom and selling strategic business lines, or issuing new licenses.

Structuring a lease-type contract for the operations and tolling of this strategic highway in Georgia... Read More>>

Potential support to the states’ extensive highway rehabilitation program in India... Read More>>

The Indonesia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund (IIGF) has expressed interest in working with GIF and BPJT (the Indonesian Toll Roads regulator) on a toll road program... Read More>>  

​The GIF will support EBRD to design a PPP project for Marka that would bring competition in the air traffic market and allow growth of LCCs in Jordan... Read More>>

The objective of the assignment is to assess the various PPP options for the operation and maintenance of the proposed Greater Beirut BRT and feeder system, and potentially, also the rolling-stock and supporting system investment...Read More>>

Conducting an analysis of options for private sector participation and monetization for three projects that aim to provide efficient, safe and high quality passenger and freight transportation services in the Lagos metropolis... Read More>>

GIF will support the state-owned utility to add new and efficient gas-powered generation capacity in developing a 400MW gas-fired power plant with private sector investment, where existing HFO-fired plant will be decommissioned. This is part of the Government of Senegal’s gas-to-power Strategy where the Government sets out the plans to transition its power sector from one predominantly fueled by Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) to one fueled by gas. The power plant will supply efficient electricity to both the domestic market and the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) regional market, with potential for becoming part of a wider regional IDA project.

Evaluating the viability of River transport and a new river port concession.

This project will assist the Government of Ukraine in exploring options to bring private sector finance and expertise into the rehabilitation, expansion and operations of the country’s airport sector to improve service and reduce subsidies. Depending on the results of the proposed assessment the airports could be transferred to concession either separately or through bundling, or access private finance through a central, privately capitalized airport fund.

The Government of Uzbekistan (GoU) aims to carry out a complete overhaul of the country’s Solid Waste Management (SWM) system to meet increasing demand and avert potentially serious service disruptions. To kick-start this process, the GoU intends to promote the development of a bundled pilot project in Tashkent and Bekabad cities, involving development of concepts/prefeasibility studies for the whole process of SWM in the two cities on a PPP basis.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is seeking World Bank’s support in setting up an implementation mechanism for North-South Expressway Development Plan (NSEDP) and prepare bankable projects that can benefit from private delivery or commercial financing. GIF will support this effort which includes: (1) establishing a contractual risk allocation mechanism for potential PPP segments; (2) exploring availability payment schemes; (3) developing a network-wide delivery strategy; (4) evaluating commercial financing sources; and (5) strengthening PPP project management capacity within MoT and relevant public entities.

Provide strategic advice to EVN (State Owned Enterprise) to define an overall strategy for international bond issuance, prepare information readiness for rating execution, and conduct rating simulation, with an objective of diversifying its financing sources to finance future investment and to strengthen its financial sustainability...Read More>>

The World Bank is supporting the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) on the Dhaka Public Transport Improvement Project. GIF support has been requested to identify options to bring in private sector participation and/or financing via i) assessment of different options for structuring a PPP model for the BRT, including analysis of risks and risk mitigation options; and ii) development of a preliminary contractual and financial model for a PPP, or for the chosen financial mechanism and business model which includes the private sector.