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frastructure program involving private equity involvement. North America holds third place.<br />

This ranking also applies to the road <strong>and</strong> rail modes of transport. Half of the value of all of the<br />

railroad projects implemented with the help of private sources are located in Europe. Among<br />

the completed airport <strong>and</strong> seaport projects, on the other h<strong>and</strong>, the Asia-Pacific region dominates<br />

with a volume of $46.3 bn (77%).<br />

Over the past twenty years, the transport infrastructure previously funded by private sources,<br />

amounting to $36 bn annually, seems modest when compared to the future requirements<br />

of as much as $420 bn per annum. The current financing structure offers enormous development<br />

opportunities for private equity involvement, which have being taken advantage of increasingly<br />

in recent years. The Macquarie Investment Bank estimates that between 2000 <strong>and</strong><br />

2004 at least $180 bn was invested by the private sector in (all) infrastructure projects of the<br />

OECD countries. 99 Worldwide private enterprise currently finances 10%-15% of the transport<br />

infrastructure, whereby this percentage varies considerably among the various countries. Australia<br />

leads with a share of 55%, while in Europe only 4% is privately funded. 100 The World<br />

Bank assesses the potential for worldwide private-sector participation in transport infrastructure<br />

until 2010 at $817 bn. Of this sum, a good 80% falls to road <strong>and</strong> rail, <strong>and</strong> the remaining<br />

20% to airports <strong>and</strong> ports. In the next three years, privately funded toll roads with a volume of<br />

approximately €45 bn will be put out to tender – 150-200 new projects alone. 101<br />

A key position is held by the Asia-Pacific region, leading by far with a potential of $681 bn<br />

<strong>and</strong>, up to the present, only 28% of implemented investment decisions. The focus is on Japan,<br />

China <strong>and</strong> India. Japan is a young market for private interests in the infrastructure sector. Public-private<br />

partnerships (PPPs) were only introduced five years ago, cover barely 15% of total<br />

investments, <strong>and</strong> up to now involve smaller projects. China has had a longer history, but intends<br />

to exp<strong>and</strong> the role of private capital in the infrastructure sector, as does India.<br />

99 See Macquarie (2005).<br />

100 Great Britain, with a share of 20%, raises the European average considerably.<br />

For Germany, shares of 4%-9% are estimated.<br />

101 See BMWA (2004).<br />

World transport infrastructure projects with private equity involvement,<br />

planned or completed since 1985 by project type<br />

Segment Number of projects Value in $ bn Share of Average cost of<br />

Planned Completed Planned Completed<br />

value<br />

in %<br />

completed project<br />

in US$<br />

Road 656 359 (55%) 324.7 157.3 (48%) 44.3% 438.2 Mio.<br />

Rail 247 107 (43%) 280.6 143.7 (51%) 38.3% 1.343.0 Mio.<br />

Airports 182 67 (37%) 88.0 49.5 (56%) 12.0% 738.8 Mio.<br />

Seaports 142 44 (31%) 39.5 10.6 (27%) 5.4% 240.9 Mio.<br />

Total 1.227 577 (47%) 732.8 361.1 (49%) 100% 625.8 Mio.<br />

Fig. 20<br />

Source: AECOM Consult (2005).<br />

Berenberg Bank · <strong>HWWI</strong>: Strategy 2030 · No. 4<br />

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