The government is seeking to encourage private participation in infrastructure with the new law on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).

The proposal includes three types of contracts for the PPP:

- The state agency delivers public goods to private participants so that they can use them to "build, expand, repair or service"

- The private sector will use its own goods in order provide public services.

Finally,
- The government proposes partners for the running of "general interest activities". Which are, according to the project, those which seek to promote strategic sectors of the economy, though they are not explicitly specified” reports a publication in Laprensagrafica.com

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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