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Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- PART 1. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CHALLENGES IN MEXICO -- 1. Main Issues and Challenges -- Part 2. Sector Reviews -- 2. Telecommunications -- 3. Natural Gas -- 4. Urban Water Supply and Sanitation -- 5. Toll Roads -- 6. Railroads -- 7. Ports -- 8. Civil Aviation -- 9. Airports -- 10. Multimodality and Commercial Transport -- PART 3. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- 11. Proposed Action Program -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- BOXES.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- The Context for Reform -- Infrastructure Reform in Rwanda -- The Country Framework Report -- Summary of the Sector Reviews -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- Prioritized Recommendations -- 1. Introduction: Policies, Objectives, and the Role of the Private Sector -- Background -- Objectives and Scope of the Country Framework Report -- Principles of Private Sector Participation -- 2. The Transport Sector -- Roads -- Airports -- Rail -- Water Transport -- Notes -- 3. The Energy Sector -- Sector Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policymaking, Planning, and Regulation -- Electricity -- The Gas Sector -- Investment Needs and Priorities -- Potential Sources of Investment Financing -- Opportunities for Private Sector Participation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Notes -- 4. The Water and Sanitation Sector -- Sector Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policymaking, Planning, and Regulation -- Sector Performance -- Opportunities for Private Sector Participation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Note -- 5. Common Issues in the Electricity and Water Sectors -- Management and Human Resources -- Commercial and Financial Management -- Management Contract -- Recommendations -- 6. The Telecommunications Sector -- Sector Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policymaking, Planning, and Regulation -- Sector Performance -- Opportunities for Private Sector Participation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Note -- 7. Cross-Cutting Issues -- Institutional Capacity -- Local Financial Markets -- Regulation -- Accounting System -- Taxation System -- Legal System -- Bid Evaluation Process -- Project Selection, Prioritization, and Planning -- Government Policy Communication with the General Public -- Environmental Issues -- Other Cross-Cutting Issues.

Module 1 -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- HOW TO USE THE CD-ROM -- MODULE 1 OVERVIEW OF PPIAF LABOR TOOLKIT -- Introduction to the Toolkit -- Objectives -- Structure of the Toolkit -- Support for and Contributors to the Toolkit -- Labor Issues In PPI:An Overview -- Labor Issues in Infrastructure Enterprises -- Labor Impacts of PPI -- Dealing with Labor Issues In PPI -- Defining Objectives -- Assessing the Size and Scope of Labor Restructuring -- Staff Audits -- Benchmarking -- Work Force Analysis -- Developing Strategies and Options for Labor Restructuring -- Timing and Sequencing Issues -- Restructuring Options -- Developing Key Elements of a Labor Program -- Severance Payments -- Pension Arrangements -- Redeployment Programs -- Employee Share Ownership Plans -- Managing the Restructuring Process -- Engaging with Stakeholders -- Implementation Arrangements -- Monitoring and Evaluating Labor Programs -- Objectives -- Concepts and Approach -- Integrating Labor Programs in the PPI Process: A Road Map -- Phase 1: Initial Assessment -- Phase 2: Design of the Labor Program -- Phase 3: Implementation -- Phase 4: Monitoring and Evaluation -- Additional Material (on the CD-ROM) -- Background and Overview Articles -- PPIAF Case Studies of Labor Issues in PPI -- Web Sites -- References -- FIGURES -- 1.1 Organization Chart for a PPI Team (Sample) -- 1.2 Road Map for Labor Adjustment -- BOXES -- 1.1 Technology and Reform in Ports -- 1.2 Argentina Rail: Crisis and Reform -- 1.3 Evidence of a Public Sector Wage Premium -- 1.4 Labor Market Flexibility and Work Force Adjustment-A Snapshot in Estonia and Slovenia -- 1.5 Generic Labor Benchmarks -- 1.6 Brazil-Work Force Analysis in Rail Privatization -- 1.7 World Bank Support for Severance -- 1.8 South Africa-Pensions at Johannesburg Water Company -- 1.9 Bolivia's Capitalization Program.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Business Environment -- The Legal Environment -- Build-Own-Transfer and Other Mechanisms -- Financial Institutions -- Decentralization and Institutional Capacity -- Power -- Water and Sanitation -- Telecommunications -- Transportation -- Ports -- Airports -- Heavy Rail -- Light Rail -- Roads -- Proposed Action Program.