Private Participation in Infrastructure Technical Assistance

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The Private Participation in Infrastructure Technical Assistance Loan seeks to prepare selected infrastructure sectors -ports, power, telecommunications, highways, and the postal service- for concessioning and privatization, within a sound legal and regulatory framework. To accomplish this objective, the project will provide technical assistance to draw up regulations for existing sectoral legislation and to develop new legislation where required; strengthen regulatory agencies and sectoral ministries charged with overseeing the infrastructure sectors mentioned above; restructure and prepare for privatization entities within these sectors; and strengthen the government's ability to manage and implement the program of privatization and concessioning in the infrastructure sector by funding public information campaigns and study tours, promoting and disseminating investment opportunities, project management, and technical assistance and training for additional privatization requirements and cross-sectoral issues.