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Where is the public in PPPs?

Analysing the World Bank's support for public-private partnerships

by María José Romero, Eurodad, September 2014

The World Bank Group’s recent strategy promotes public-private partnerships (PPPs) and suggests intensifying support to them in the future. However, a July report from the Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) has revealed a worrying lack of proven poverty impact from Bank Group interventions involving PPPs. More