"PPP readiness" in Latin America- A gauge mechanism

“Evaluating the environment for public-private partnerships in Latin America and the Caribbean” is a good article with regard to the “PPP Readiness” in Latin America. Bolivia doesn’t seem to be on this list though, so we can’t really gauge how they’ve changed since Cochabamba. Perhaps if this sort of an analysis had been done beforehand, things might have turned out differently for the project (or the project may even have been scrapped).

One of the key observations I was able to pull from this was that countries that are more developed seem to score higher than ones that are less developed. Economic stability is a driving factor on this list.

It also mentions that centralized states score higher. But is a single government body taking all decisions from their side really the best thing? It probably would be the best thing for the PPP to succeed, but not necessarily the best thing for all the stakeholders involved if they are represented by a single entity. While the model seems to be having success, would the pros outweigh the cons?

(To access the article, go to http://www5.iadb.org/mif/en-us/home/knowledge.aspx and search for “PPP”)