New Infrastructure Report Spotlights Global Need For Public Private Partnership Investments

Whether a global economic recovery is underway or still on the way, it is by now certain that governments and public institutions around the world will need to find new ways to procure the assets and services they need to run their economies.   Indeed, with many governments virtually broke after bailing out banks, insurers, or mortgage borrowers and pouring money into economic stimulus packages, the need for new models to develop the physical and social infrastructure that is fundamental to future prosperity in a globalized economy is becoming an inescapable reality.   As governments consider their next move, a new report, PPP: Challenge and opportunity after the financial crisis examines the range of economic problems and bank funding issues that have been exacerbated by the financial crisis, and the stark choices that governments and public sector bodies face in meeting future infrastructure challenges.   Edited by veteran industry journalist and writer Henry Teitelbaum, PPP: Challenge and opportunity after the financial crisis provides a timely and comprehensive roadmap for understanding the scope of the dilemma. It also details how they can manage programs for long-term private sector investment in public infrastructure while meeting the current needs of growing populations and economies around the world. Drawing on the expertise of leading practitioners in the field, it provides a range of insider views into PPP market conditions in developed and developing economies, as well as the administrative, legal and market peculiarities that exist to hinder or encourage PPP.   The report offers critical insight into the ways by which businesses can participate and profit from the coming infrastructure investment bonanza that PPP is enabling in the U.S., India, Africa, the Middle East, Russia, France, Canada and across Europe and the U.K. From investment banking and private equity to pension fund and life insurance liability matching, it shows how and why the financing of PPP projects can and must  evolve, and what structures will strengthen and secure the model’s future.   Crucially, the report details the risks for both public and private participants in PPP projects and how they can be managed. It even offers insight into how the PPP model may continue to evolve, as it outlines the frontiers where it is showing promise.