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documents, information memorandum, model bidding documents, and a model transaction agreement for
the Megech (Lake Tana) irrigation project. The PPP irrigation project at Megech is currently at the bidding
stage. Once implemented, this project is expected to irrigate 5,000 hectares of land, benefitting 10,000
farmers.
Results of the PPP Irrigation Model Contracts in Ethiopia
Outputs Outcomes
Enabling environment reform
Analyses/assessments prepared
� Draft prequalification documents,
information memorandum, model bidding
documents, and transaction agreement for
Megech irrigation project, 2011
� Bids have been solicited for a management
contract for the Megech irrigation project, 2011.
The Megech pilot project will irrigate 5,000
hectares of land, benefitting 10,000 farmers
through increased crop yields and productivity
3. Sri Lanka: Facilitating PPPs for Infrastructure Development ($290,000): this activity was
approved on April 29, 2010. PPPs in Sri Lanka are relatively new, with the exception of few Independent
Power Producers and the Colombo Port, but are nevertheless growing in strategic importance for the
government in its plans of infrastructure development. This is of particular importance in the North and
East, where the population is recovering from decades of conflict and investment shortfalls. The PPP Unit
housed in the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has been tasked with monitoring and managing the
pipeline of new PPP projects in an effort to respond to the financial crisis, and has received a number of
proposals for such projects. The PPP Unit has been recently formed and currently has only limited
experience and technical capacity. PPIAF provided grant funding to assist the central PPP Unit to identify
any gaps in the legal and regulatory framework in Sri Lanka to develop and implement PPP projects,
specifically in view of the changes in best practice PPPs following the global economic and financial
crisis. It will also help the PPP Unit’s capacity to undertake proper feasibility study for a PPP project,
specifically on a waste management facility in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, and in the overall
project development, monitoring, and oversight of PPPs. The activity has been delayed in implementation
and will be closely monitored by the Program Management Unit.
4. Paraguay: Support for the Design of River Navigation Concessions—Phase II ($168,000): this
PPIAF activity was approved on May 19, 2010. It provided the technical, legal, and economic conditions
of the Pilcomayo-Formosa segment of the Paraguay River and developed the final bidding documents
that will serve as a structure for the future river concession. This activity builds on a Phase I study of the
Rio Apa-Pilcomayo segment of the river. Outcomes are pending as activity recently closed.
5. India: Support for Assessment of Public and Private Investment in Infrastructure During the
Financial Crisis ($47,950): approved on July 27, 2010, the activity’s aim is to review and assess the flow
of economic resources during the financial crisis to Indian infrastructure projects and the impact of the
crisis on progress towards India’s 2007–2012 economic plan. The government later decided to cancel this
activity as an advisory firm, McKinsey, offered to undertake the assessment at no cost.
6. India: PPP Options Study for Wastewater Management in Delhi Jal Board ($168,000): the
activity was approved on August 4, 2010. Contending with the reduced risk appetite of the private sector
in the aftermath of the financial crisis, private sector interest was limited to the power and
telecommunications sectors. The creation of new infrastructure assets—namely in the wastewater
sector—lagged in comparison to other sectors. To keep up the pace of capital investments across these
sectors, the Delhi Jal Board requested assistance from PPIAF to undertake an options study to outline
the various PPP options available to the city to improve its wastewater management for both current and
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