What does the PPI Database record?
• The database records contractual arrangements with and without investments in which private parties assume operating risks in low- and middle-income countries (as classified by the World Bank). • Projects included in the database do not have to be entirely privately owned, financed or operated. Some have public participation as well. • With few exceptions, the investment amounts in the database represent the total investment commitments entered into by the project entity at the beginning of the project (at contract signature or financial closure), not the planned or executed annual investments. • For projects that involve investments, the database figures reflect total project investments encompassing the shares attributable to both the private and the public parties. • A breakdown by financing sources is not provided. The database does not provide data on funding flows coming as debt from private sources. • The database draws its information exclusively from publicly available sourc
