Risk Management in Transport PPP Projects
In the Islamic Countries
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o Algeria;
o Jordan (Field visit).
 Asian group. The following countries present the highest number of projects in this group
and show a better distribution in terms of implementation period, transport modes, types
and sub-types of PPI initiatives:
o Malaysia;
o Turkey (Field visit).
Among the identified case studies, three have been identified for field visit. The selection of these
case studies reflects the grade of difficulties in performing the research in the six countries
identified for analysis.
The following sections provide a detailed description of the risk management practices in use in
OIC Member Countries for the identification, development, implementation, and operation of
PPP initiatives in the transport sector, with a focus on those projects requiring infrastructure
works. In line with the conceptual framework, a comprehensive analysis approach has been
adopted to cover the description and evaluation of all stages of projects life-cycle. In order to
substantiate the analysis of the general procedures, reference to specific examples has been
made, depending on the available information from studies and research articles by academic
experts and the information gathered from publicly available official documents and interviews
with the public institutions and private entities involved in PPP initiatives in the six investigated
countries.
5.2. African cluster, Case study 1: Côte d'Ivoire
5.2.1. Introduction
Scope of the case study
The scope of this case study is to illustrate the practices currently in place for the management
of the risks associated with PPP projects in the transport sector in Côte d'Ivoire, with reference
to the entire life-cycle of Public-Private Initiatives and the elements of the conceptual framework
identified at Chapter 3. The case study is based on the review of existing literature and publicly
available information as well as on interviews with Ivorian stakeholders carried out during a
field mission in August 2019.
Overview of PPPs in the transport sector
Côte d'Ivoire has a long experience in building Public-Private Partnerships that began in 1959
with the concession of drinking water from the city of Abidjan. These early experiences were
implemented in the context of the great economic success of the country during the first twenty
years of its independence. Afterwards, the number of PPP initiatives increased only gradually
until the first decade of 2000, also due to the country economic and social difficulties during the
1980s and 1990s, and 2000-2010. In this first phase, no legal framework and dedicated
institutions were set up to promote PPPs. Nevertheless, some significant initiatives were
successfully implemented, also in the transport sector, as briefly summarized in the next table.