This report is led by Hanif Rahemtulla, principal public management specialist, Governance Thematic Group of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDTC-GOV); Joao Pedro Farinha, principal financial sector economist, Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, Central and West Asia Department (CWPF); and Sanjay Grover, senior public–private partnership specialist, PPP-Thematic Group Secretariat (PPP-TGS) of the Asian Development Bank. The lead writers are Michael Schur, infrastructure finance specialist and David Bloomgarden, public investment management specialist.

The project team wishes to acknowledge the technical feedback provided by Adrian Torres, chief of PPP-TGS; Jamie Leather, chief of Transport Sector Group, Sector Advisory Service Cluster (SDSC-TRA); Srinivas Sampath, director, South Asia Department Urban Development and Water Division (SEUW); Ashish Narain, principal economist, Social Sectors and Public Sector Management Division, Pacific Department (PASP); Hans van Rijn, principal public management specialist, Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF); Olivier Leonard, principal procurement specialist, Financial Management Department (PFP1); Vivek Rao, principal financial sector specialist, Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (SEPF); and Keerthi Kumar Challa, associate project officer (Energy), India Resident Mission.

We would also like to thank the following for their feedback on the case studies: Andrew Jeffries, country director, Vietnam Resident Mission; Kelly Bird, country director, Philippines Country Office; Said Zaidansyah, deputy country director, Indonesia Resident Mission (IRM); Jose Antonio Tan III, director, SEPF; Amr J. Qari, principal infrastructure specialist, IRM; Donald Lambert, principal private sector development specialist, VRM; and Stephen Schuster, principal financial sector specialist, SEPF.