Public-private partnership
$500 bíllion urgently needed to fix Indonesia’s infrastructure problem
The World Bank, after assessing the state of Indonesia's overall infrastructure, came to the conclusion that the country needs around $500 billion in the...
Yangon gets first-ever regular bus network
Myanmar launched a new public transport system in its business hub and largest city of Yangon on January 16, the first such network providing...
Philippines awards $1.5b Manila railway deal to Metro Pacific consortium
The Philippines said on September 13 it had awarded a 65 billion pesos ($1.5 billion) contract to upgrade and extend Manila's oldest elevated railway...
Philippines plans to upgrade 12 airports
The Philippine government plans to upgrade 12 airports, including Manila's dilapidated main international airport, as it seeks to attract 10 million foreign tourists by...
Six new PPP projects planned in the Philippines
The Philippine government expects to roll out six more public-private partnership (PPP) projects this year, Interaksyon reported. PPP Center executive director Cosette Canilao said...
Bank of Philippine Islands to take up PPP projects
The Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) plans to participate in most of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program of the government, a ranking bank official...
Vietnam’s frist PPP projects kicks off
Foreign investors are "very interested" in Vietnam's first public-private partnership (PPP) project, the Dau Giay-Phan Thiet highway, after a series of preferential policies have...
Vietnam tries first public-private partnerships
Vietnam is getting accustomed to the concept of public-private partnerships (PPP), a model of infrastructure finance that is slowly getting traction in the communist...
PPP a pillar to sustained Philippine growth
Government spending in the Philippines’ public-private partnership (PPP) programme is a driving force behind the country’s phenomenal growth, banking giant Standard Chartered has said....
Philippine investment boom led by PPPs
With no previous investment cycle to speak of, the Philippines’ first boom is being portended by increased interest in the country’s public-private-partnership (PPP) programme,...
Philippine PPPs queue up investors
The bidding deadline for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport’s new terminal, part of the Philippine government’s dense list of PPPs, has been extended to April...
Philippine pension fund to invest big
State-owned Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), the Philippines's largest pension fund with assets of $17.6 billion, has said it will step up its infrastructure...
Sweetening the soured reputation of PPPs
With the rising role the private sector is playing in the development of transport and energy infrastructure, the public-private partnership model seems unavoidable, writes Justin Calderon.
High potential
UK-based infrastructure firm Atkins is involved in the development linked to the World Cup 2022 to be hosted in Doha. Inside Investor met MD Rod Stewart.
5 more PPPs rolled out in the Philippines
The Philippines has announced the opening up of five more bids under the government’s public-private partnership policy for the remainder of this year, making...
PPPs to boost Asia’s $8 trillion infrastructure
Asia and the Pacific has seen a boom in public private partnerships (PPPs) in the past decade but it needs more effective public sector...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...