Defining PPP Opportunities in the Road Sector of Ukraine

Public-Private Partnership (PPP) has become a popular tool for implementing public investment projects across the world. Many governments have been using PPP to realize investment projects concerning highways, railways, airports and other transport infrastructure. PPP is mutually beneficial relationship that is formed between the public and private sectors. When properly vetted and structured, PPP allocates risk to the party best suited to handle it. Furthermore, PPP is a powerful tool of public regulation in the context of investment, innovation, fiscal, and competitive policy. A considerable part of transport infrastructure in Ukraine belongs to the public property. At the same time, the state of motorways, railways, seaports and airports is unsatisfactory as for a European country. Neither state nor local budgets have necessary financial resources for the modernization of the infrastructure. Therefore, it is naturally that the government is oriented at the development of PPP and concession.