Public Private Partnership Handbook (English)

The Government of Bangladesh recognizes the importance of enhancing private sector investment through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to support efforts to develop green, resilient and inclusive infrastructure. Accordingly, the Government has embarked on a systematic effort to develop a strong PPP framework to mobilize private sector capital to support infrastructure development. It passed a PPP Law in 2015 and issued various associated guidelines including on procurement, viability gap funding and unsolicited proposals. It also established the Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) as a center of excellence for PPPs in Bangladesh and several long-term infrastructure financing institutions to facilitate PPPs in the country. The PPPA has been established under the Prime Minister's Office to support sector line ministries/agencies in the identification, development, structuring and delivery of PPP projects to international standards. The PPPA's role is to work in partnership with the national and international investment community, financiers, and civil society to realize the infrastructure needs for Bangladesh. To ensure that the PPPA can provide the necessary support, there is a need to develop sufficient resources and tools to support the effective implementation of PPP projects in Bangladesh in line with international best practices. To this end, the PPPA has prepared this Public Private Partnership Handbook. The Handbook aims to disseminate good practices in implementing infrastructure projects on a PPP basis, while elaborating the PPP concept and the lifecycle approach of a PPP project. The purpose of this Handbook is to help various stakeholders (both public and private) develop a better understanding of the PPP concept and how PPPs can be leveraged to help deliver infrastructure more efficiently and effectively in Bangladesh.