Risk Management in Transport PPP Projects
In the Islamic Countries
93
Figure 5: National Development Plan 2016-2020: PPPs investments by responsible authority
and sector
Source: Own elaboration based on CNP-PPP Advisory Group.
Also, at the national level, the commitment to PPPs as one of the leverages to achieve a
sustainable solid economic and social development of the country is confirmed by the
arrangements of the financial programs supported by the IMF. In fact, following a request for
emergency post-conflict assistance dated 2007, in 2009 Côte d’Ivoire entered in a first three-
year arrangement with the IMF, which later evolved in two support programs still ongoing
under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). In such
programs, PPPs are considered an opportunity to bridge the country’s infrastructure gap,
considering the existing financing constraints, and supporting the implementation of NDP’s
objectives (IMF, 2019).
The political support to PPPs is also confirmed at the local level, especially for the development
of the Abidjan metropolitan area. The 2015 Urban Master Plan in Greater Abidjan (Schema
Directeur d’Urbanisme du Grand Abidjan, SDUGA) aims to elaborate a development plan for
Greater Abidjan by 2030 with a view to sustainable development coherently with national
reference documents for socio-economic and territorial development. The plan has two major
components: urban planning and transportation planning. As part of the measures for the
implementation of the plan, PPP is identified as a strategic resource for financing the
development of the urban transport infrastructure, especially for the high-capacity public
transport corridors, for which BRT and Metro schemes are proposed. The plan also provides a
planning-level analysis of financial suitability of PPPmethods and critical review of the potential
patronage and farebox coverage ratios (JICA, 2015).