Silva, Gisele F.2012-08-132012-08-132000-12Viewpoint. -- Note no. 224 (December 2000)https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11408During the 1990s developing countries increasingly turned to the private sector for construction, management, and maintenance of toll roads. Between 1990 and 1999, US$61 billion of private investment was committed to 279 projects in 26 developing countries, comprising 34,369 kilometers of toll highways, bridges and tunnels. This Note analyzes the main trends in private participation in toll roads in developing countries using figures from the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGCAPITAL EXPENDITURESCITIESCONCESSION PERIODCONCESSIONSDEBTEXPENDITURESHIGH TRAFFICINCOMEINNOVATIONSKILOMETERS OF TOLL HIGHWAYSMANAGE TOLL ROADSNATIONAL TOLL ROADSOPERATING RISKPRIVATE ACTIVITY IN TOLL ROADSPRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN TOLL ROADSPRIVATE ROADSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATIZATIONPROGRAMSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICESREGULATORY AGENCIESROAD CONSTRUCTIONROAD NETWORKSHADOW TOLLINGTELECOMMUNICATIONSTOLL FACILITIESTOLL ROADTOLL ROAD COMPANIESTOLL ROAD SECTORTOLL ROADSTOLLSTOTAL INVESTMENT IN TOLL ROAD PROJECTSTRAFFICTRAFFIC FORECASTTRAFFIC FORECASTINGTRAFFIC LEVELSTRANSPORTTURNKEY CONTRACTSTYPE OF VEHICLESVOTERS PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONTOLL ROADS & HIGHWAYSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESPRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURECONCESSIONSDIVESTITUREROAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSROAD TANSPORT SECTORWorld Bank10.1596/11408