Private solutions for infrastructure in Cambodia: a country framework report

Contents......Page 6
Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction and Acknowledgments......Page 14
1. Executive Summary......Page 16
Cambodia’s infrastructure challenge......Page 20
Efficiency......Page 21
Scope for public sector financing for infrastructure......Page 22
Dealing with cost-covering tariffs and affordability concerns......Page 24
Promoting competition and incentives for efficiency......Page 25
Mobilizing local finance......Page 26
Managing the PPI process......Page 27
Demand for electricity......Page 28
Eléctricité du Cambodge......Page 29
Eléctricité du Cambodge......Page 30
Government and donor initiatives......Page 32
New regulatory framework......Page 33
Quality of supply......Page 34
Small-scale and rural power system expansion......Page 35
Private management, operation, and/or ownership of EDC......Page 36
Sector overview and market structure......Page 37
Water supply in Phnom Penh......Page 39
Water supply outside Phnom Penh......Page 40
Legal and regulatory framework......Page 42
Opportunities for private sector participation......Page 43
Provision of small-scale, rural water systems......Page 44
Private participation in existing water service providers......Page 45
Sector overview and market structure......Page 46
Sector performance......Page 47
Fixed line services......Page 48
Mobile services......Page 49
International services......Page 50
Commercial performance and tariffs......Page 51
Legal and regulatory framework......Page 53
Allowed revenue......Page 54
Partial or full privatization of the MPTC’s operating activities......Page 55
Institutional, regulatory, and legal framework......Page 58
Potential role of the private sector......Page 60
Subsector performance......Page 62
Opportunities for private sector participation......Page 63
Subsector performance......Page 64
Subsector performance......Page 69
Opportunities for private sector participation......Page 71
Institutional framework and market structure......Page 73
Subsector performance......Page 74
Opportunities for private sector participation......Page 75
Law on Investment......Page 77
Institutional responsibility for PPI......Page 78
Public procurement and PPI contracts......Page 79
Exclusivity......Page 82
Regulatory agencies......Page 83
Local capital markets......Page 84
Infrastructure financing......Page 85
Currency risk mitigation......Page 86
Funding sources......Page 87
Administrative costs......Page 88
Output-based aid......Page 89
References......Page 91
Appendixes......Page 92
1. Power Map......Page 94
2. Water Map......Page 95
3. Telecommunications Map......Page 96
4. Transport Map......Page 97
Tables......Page 8
Figures......Page 9
Boxes......Page 10