Country Reports
7 October 2008 - WHERE THE BLOODY HELL ARE YOU?
PPP progress across Australia has been patchy but some big ticket deals are generating bubbles of excitement. Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports.
1 September 2008 - STATES OF EMERGENCY
With bridges collapsing and roads crumbling, investment in US infrastructure is desperately needed. The path is becoming clearer for PPPs but now America just needs to learn to trust the private sector. Amanda Nicholls reports.
1 July 2008 - SWIMMING UPSTREAM
SNP have been called on to clarify how their alternative to PFI will adress Scotland's investment deficit. Don Smith heard Alex Salmond taking the bait at a recent conference.
6 June 2008 - GAME OF FRUSTRATION
Doing PPP in Central and Eastern Europe is not for the faint hearted. Political indecision, lack of transparency and sketchy legal frameworks are enough to send most players scuttling off to find more palatable markets.
6 May 2008 - FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
A quip by unnamed Russian government officials doing the rounds is "if it’s difficult, we can do it. If it’s impossible, it will just take longer."
8 April 2008 - READY AND WAITING
Latin America is emerging as serious contender in world economics. Though the pseudo socialist rhetoric of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez dominates headlines, behind the scenes countries like Mexico and Brazil are quietly undergoing industrial revolutions on a huge scale.
5 March 2008 - LAND OF THE GIANTS
The only thing holding Brazil’s PPP market back is government backing, says Rodrigo Amaral.
31 January 2008 - NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Greece's PPP market is being touted as the next big thing, with plenty of projects and strong politcal support. Can it live up to the hype?
30 November 2007 - OPENING THEIR ARMS
Italy’s PPP environment has been hostile to overseas players but the new government is warming to outside interest, says Rebecca Omonira
1 November 2007 - FIFTY FIRST STATES
Rebecca Omonira assesses the opportunities for American P3 and asks, which US states are offering investors a stable market place
4 October 2007 - ASIAN EYES PPP
PPPs across Asia are a mixed bag with some areas offering a steady flow of deals, whereas others are all talk and no action
6 July 2007 - ALL QUIET ON EASTERN FRONT
Despite a need for significant infrastructure investment, PPP has yet to be adopted with total enthusiasm in Eastern Europe. Matthew Plummer reports
4 June 2007 - MIDDLE EASTERN PROMISE
ME is a mixed bag for investors with oil rich nations alongside countries with struggling economies. But PPPs are being developed for both sides of the coin
5 March 2007 - PPP DOWN UNDER
Australia has seen some substantial projects brought to market. Yet challenges remain on some major schemes, as Matthew Plummer explains
5 February 2007 - NORDIC CHALLENGE
A handful of PPP deals in the Nordics have closed and are widely perceived as successful. But Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland are in no rush
5 November 2006 - AMERICAN DREAMS
With 50 states and 100 different jurisdictions, the US is a tough nut to crack. But investors are finding the growing P3 toll road programme worth the effort
5 October 2006 - ITALIAN MARKET FAILS TO ALIGHT
Infrastructure concessions have yet to gain true popularity in Italy. Matthew Plummer asks whether the new government looks likely to push deals forward
5 July 2006 - GERMANY'S MIXED RESULTS
World Cup host nation Germany is looking past the tournament to address the urgent need for infrastructure investment. But can the scheme deliver
5 June 2006 - LAND OF THE PPP GIANTS
With leading construction companies and some of Europe’s biggest banks, is there any room for new entrants to the country’s healthy PPP market?
3 April 2006 - ET MAINTENANT, LE PPP
Two years ago the French government released an edict that paved the way for greater use of PPP. Matthew Plummer looks at how the scheme is progressing
