Better PPPs, less fiscal risk
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Pakistan needs infrastructure. It also has little fiscal space to pay for it. In FY25, federal development expenditure was about Rs1.05 trillion, compared with current expenditure of more than Rs15.8tr. That combination makes public-private partnerships (PPPs) particularly attractive, and potentially dangerous. When government cannot finance a motorway, hospital, water system or other infrastructure project upfront, bringing in private capital delivers the asset, operates it under an arrangement and earns a return. But financing is not the same as funding. Private capital can finance infrastru
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