This document discusses the key risks and risk mitigation strategies of the North Luzon Expressway public-private partnership project in the Philippines. The project involved rebuilding and modernizing the expressway system and operating it for 30 years. Key risks included economic risks from lack of government funding, construction risks, traffic volume risks, currency risks, and operation and maintenance risks. These risks were mitigated through financing from multilateral agencies, insurance policies, conservative traffic forecasts, toll rate adjustments, currency hedging, and maintenance planning.
Financiang Infrastructural Development in ZimbabweVincent Mutsvene
There are 88,100 km of classified roads in Zimbabwe, 17,400 km of which are paved .About 5 percent of the network is classified as primary roads and has some of the most trafficked arterials that link Zimbabwe with its neighbors. A portion of the Pan-Africa Highway passes through Zimbabwe. This part of the road network plays a major role in the movement of the country’s imports and exports as well as transit freight.
However lately due to fiscal constraints and budgetary ills, the road network has rapidly deteriorated and can be described as in intensive care. There is need for rehabilitation, maintenance and construction of new roads especially the Beitbridge- Chirundu highway ( a transit corridor) linking South Africa and the upper parts of Africa. Road carnage have been prevalent and the busy road is narrow and can not contain the level of traffic flow operating there.
A developmental Imperative therefore presents itself on how to finance the road construction against compiling government developmental initiatives. A financing mechanism is therefore proposed in this presentation. This Innovative finance model ensure private capital investments funding development against government financing. This provides a breather to the government as they focus on other initiatives and the private sector wins through greater financial and social returns inherent in these financing structures.
Infrastructure whether financed through traditional methods or PPPs relies on funding sources to repay financing, whether debt, equity, or a combination. All infrastructure investments ultimately depend on either user fees, government tax revenues, or a combination of both. Transport has a great impact on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
Therefore, community and political support for greater investment of government tax revenues or the imposition of user fees is critical to expanding investment in public infrastructure. The challenge is for PPPs to demonstrate overall cost savings and efficiencies that outweigh the lower-cost financing advantage of traditional procurement.
Creation of Infrastructure has economics both of scale and scope (i.e., minimum size of facilities, inelastic adjustment of capacity to demand, long term project completion, etc..
Presentation Session 1: Luigi de Pierris
ISMED Annual Conference, Defining a Way Forward for Infrastructure Investment in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)
4 December 2014 - Paris, France
A concession can be defined as a system through which a public authority grants specific rights to an organization (private or semi-public) to build, rehabilitate, maintain and operate an infrastructure for a given period. The BOT model (Build-Operate-Transfer) is a type of concession and should not be differentiated. Variations on the BOT include the BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) and BOO (Build-Own-Operate). This brief addresses issues like the various concession mechanisms, the shadow toll principle and commercial & financial risks ppp’s involved in the transport sector. A section is also provided on emerging PPP telematics in transport sector.
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Public Private Partnerships
Filip Drapak, Senior PPP Specialist, World Bank
Public Private Partnerships have been an innovative technique to fund large government projects. How the financial crisis has changed this approach will be the subject of this discussion.
New Business Modelling to fund development, increase foreign exchange and bridge the gap to the poorer communities in Morocco - This can be a good model for Africa.
This ppt was prepared for educational purpose, and to teach about PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP scheme and their models for using this scheme. Many projects now days are using this method with help of gov. parties or private parties. This methods helps in decreasing load on construction and infrastructure, and road development load from government, as they are not participating in finance of project but let the construction firm, construct the project and run by their names to recover their cost and profit for predetermined time period and on predetermined rate of recovery, either by tolling system or annuity system.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Financiang Infrastructural Development in ZimbabweVincent Mutsvene
There are 88,100 km of classified roads in Zimbabwe, 17,400 km of which are paved .About 5 percent of the network is classified as primary roads and has some of the most trafficked arterials that link Zimbabwe with its neighbors. A portion of the Pan-Africa Highway passes through Zimbabwe. This part of the road network plays a major role in the movement of the country’s imports and exports as well as transit freight.
However lately due to fiscal constraints and budgetary ills, the road network has rapidly deteriorated and can be described as in intensive care. There is need for rehabilitation, maintenance and construction of new roads especially the Beitbridge- Chirundu highway ( a transit corridor) linking South Africa and the upper parts of Africa. Road carnage have been prevalent and the busy road is narrow and can not contain the level of traffic flow operating there.
A developmental Imperative therefore presents itself on how to finance the road construction against compiling government developmental initiatives. A financing mechanism is therefore proposed in this presentation. This Innovative finance model ensure private capital investments funding development against government financing. This provides a breather to the government as they focus on other initiatives and the private sector wins through greater financial and social returns inherent in these financing structures.
Infrastructure whether financed through traditional methods or PPPs relies on funding sources to repay financing, whether debt, equity, or a combination. All infrastructure investments ultimately depend on either user fees, government tax revenues, or a combination of both. Transport has a great impact on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
Therefore, community and political support for greater investment of government tax revenues or the imposition of user fees is critical to expanding investment in public infrastructure. The challenge is for PPPs to demonstrate overall cost savings and efficiencies that outweigh the lower-cost financing advantage of traditional procurement.
Creation of Infrastructure has economics both of scale and scope (i.e., minimum size of facilities, inelastic adjustment of capacity to demand, long term project completion, etc..
Presentation Session 1: Luigi de Pierris
ISMED Annual Conference, Defining a Way Forward for Infrastructure Investment in the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA)
4 December 2014 - Paris, France
A concession can be defined as a system through which a public authority grants specific rights to an organization (private or semi-public) to build, rehabilitate, maintain and operate an infrastructure for a given period. The BOT model (Build-Operate-Transfer) is a type of concession and should not be differentiated. Variations on the BOT include the BOOT (Build-Own-Operate-Transfer) and BOO (Build-Own-Operate). This brief addresses issues like the various concession mechanisms, the shadow toll principle and commercial & financial risks ppp’s involved in the transport sector. A section is also provided on emerging PPP telematics in transport sector.
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Public Private Partnerships
Filip Drapak, Senior PPP Specialist, World Bank
Public Private Partnerships have been an innovative technique to fund large government projects. How the financial crisis has changed this approach will be the subject of this discussion.
New Business Modelling to fund development, increase foreign exchange and bridge the gap to the poorer communities in Morocco - This can be a good model for Africa.
This ppt was prepared for educational purpose, and to teach about PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP scheme and their models for using this scheme. Many projects now days are using this method with help of gov. parties or private parties. This methods helps in decreasing load on construction and infrastructure, and road development load from government, as they are not participating in finance of project but let the construction firm, construct the project and run by their names to recover their cost and profit for predetermined time period and on predetermined rate of recovery, either by tolling system or annuity system.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
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Learn about:
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LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
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If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
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Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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1. “A Case Study on Project Risks and Risk Mitigation”North Luzon Expressway Project(A Public-Private Partnership in the Philippines) Amol Azad MBA (Marketing)
2. Project Key features The concession is held by Manila North Tollways Corporation (MNTC),the project company, which is a joint venture of several national and international companies. Involves rebuilding and modernization of the NLE tollway system according to government required standards and levels of service. Operation of the tollway. Maintenance of the pavement and the toll collection system. Returning the tollway system to government at no cost after concession period ends. The corporation was required to raise finance on its own without government guarantee.
3. Key Issues MNTC will put up the money (invest and borrow) on its own without government financial guarantee. MNTC will build the tollway and take full construction risk. MNTC will operate, maintain and manage the tollway for 30 years (or until 31 December 2030) in accordance with government standards with no funding support from the Government. The Project roads are owned by the Grantor subject to the rights and privileges of MNTC to construct, operate and maintain the tollway system. Government will not take market risk. If revenues are not sufficient, government will not bail out MNTC. To recover the investment, MNTC will collect tolls through the authorized toll rates and the approved adjustment formula. Multilateral & Bilateral Financial Institutions are playing a key role.
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5. Risk Mitigation in the NORTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY PROJECT Economic Risk Mitigation: The Government of Philippines, did not participate in funding, it was mitigated via financing through Multilateral Agencies such as IFC, MIGA and of course ADB. Construction Risk Mitigation: ‘Delay In Service’ Insurance Overrun Undertaking Deficiency/Shortfall Agreement Completion Undertaking
6. Risk Mitigation Traffic Risk Mitigation: Existing traffic with capacity reached on certain segments More than 20 years history as tolled road No alternative road Conservative forecasts, robust cash flows Toll rate increases Mitigation: Automatic approval under the STOA Toll rates to be revised every two years Grantor compensates in case toll rates not increased Projected tolls lower than in comparable roads
7. Risk Mitigation Currency devaluation Mitigation: Significant pass-through in the application of the toll adjustment formula Starting toll rate is fully hedged Cash flow strong enough to take care of sensitivities O&M Risks Mitigation: O&M expertise from Transroute via technical assistance agreement Regular / periodic maintenance planned Bonus / penalties to minimize leakages