The pickup in economic activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to continue in 2018 and 2019. MENA's oil exporters and oil importers both are benefitting from improved global growth; increased trade with trading partners in Europe and Asia; more stabilized commodity...

The World Bank has well over 100 projects involving private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in its pipeline, the IFC has participated in 100 more PPI projects, and MIGA provides guarantees in support of such projects. In the course of this work, the Bank Group is amassing information on...

The World Bank operations over the past seven years have included substantial activities in support of private participation in infrastructure (PPI). The author shows that, in keeping with its mandate, the Bank has focused primarily on policy-related PPI support, for example, to establish an...