PPP in Korea

The Knowledge Sharing on Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Asia Conference held 19–21 May in Seoul, brought together more than 80 PPP specialists and practitioners from 23 countries across the Asia and Pacific region. The three-day conference was hosted by the Korea Development Institute and the government of Korea, and was organized in coordination with ADB’s Regional and Sustainable Development Department with the collaborative support of the World Bank Institute (WBI).

The conference profiled an in-depth assessment of the Korean PPP experience and contrasted Korea’s PPP policies and sector approaches with practices from Australia, Chile, India, and the UK. It examined how different countries have approached PPPs in the transport, urban, and social sectors. The comparative country and sector PPP case studies were prepared as part of a global comparison of PPP approaches that is being undertaken under the Multilateral PPP for Infrastructure Capacity Building Initiative (MP3IC) that ADBI is implementing with WBI and the Inter- American Development Bank-Multilateral Investment Fund (IADB-MIF). The global comparison of PPP approaches generated a great deal of discussion and interest among the delegates, with appreciation of the variation in approaches that have evolved to address specific PPP challenges faced in each of the diverse countries.

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This conference examined how different countries have approached PPPs in the transport, urban, and social sectors.