The Financial and social impact of private sector participation in fianancing infrastructure projects: papers presented to the Thirteenth Annual Joint Symposium in Kuwait; September 23-24, 2001 / edited by Sultan Abou-Ali.

Includes bibliographical references.

Inaugural speeches/ Abdlatif Al-Hamad, Salim El-Hoss -- Introduction / Sultan Abou-Ali -- Private sector participation in infrastructure projects in the Arab countries: economic and social impact and issues of organization and financing /The Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development -- Utility regulation versus BOT Schemes: which option is better? / Ahmed Galal -- The Role of financial markets and the banking sector in financing the private sector/Adei Kasiur -- Private sector participation in infrastructure: the social and poverty impact/ Jamal Saghir, Sumeet Thakur -- Financial aspects of private investment in infrastructure/ Declan J. Duff.