New Trends in Project Formulation and Execution: Unit 3
New Trends in Project Formulation and Execution: Unit 3
New Trends in Project Formulation and Execution: Unit 3
Application:
Infrastructure Projects
Public-private Participation
Is the Initiator
Political and Economic circumstances
Support to the project in the form of Land and
Law.
Lending Banks:
Most BOT are funded by commercial debt. The bank
will finance the project on “non-recourse” basis,
meaning that it has recourse to the special purpose
entity and all its assets for the repayment of the debt.
Other Lenders:
Lenders such as national or regional development
banks.
Model:
To develop a discrete asset rather than a whole
network
New or Greenfield in nature
Fee through a fee charged to the utility/
Government rather than tariffs charged to
consumer
The projects are called concessions
Viability:
Project is financially viable for private entity only
if the revenue generated covers its costs and
provides sufficient Return on investment
Viability for the Host Government depends on its
efficiency to financing the project with public
funds
Expertise and efficiency is better with private
entity
Risk Transfer
Risk:
Political Risk- Dramatic overnight political change
Technical Risk: Construction difficulties
Financing Risks:
Foreign Exchange rate
Interest rate fluctuations
Market risk (price of raw material)
Income risk (Over optimistic cash flow forecasts)
Cost overrun risk
Suitability:
Infrastructure Projects
Highways
Roads mass transit
Railway transport
Power Generation
Advantages
The private company gets the benefit of the
residual value
This frame work is used when the physical life of
Risk
This scheme involves large amounts of finance
Example:
Mobile phone network Operator
Water treatment plant
Operation framework:
The control over the project is transferred from the
Benefit:
The ideal framework for Foreign Investors
Frame work:
The contractor assumes the risk of financing till
the end of the contract period
After the contract period the owner assumes the
responsibility for maintenance and operation
Operation method:
The private party is responsible for the design and
Disadvantages:
Long term relationships and threats of possible
Operation:
Government has the ownership
Example:
Prisons
Public Hospitals