Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 2

11-Jan-2010

MEES Agenda

PPPs Gaining Ground In MENA

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been used extensively to finance a wide range of projects in the US and Europe, particularly in the UK, Spain and France, and their use is now extending through Germany and central Europe. The sector is in its infancy in the Middle East/North Africa region, but is growing steadily, especially for Gulf infrastructure projects, to which it is ideally suited.

PPPs are...