Definition: Public investment project

Category: External debt - IMF

Public investment projects involve the construction and operation by private corporations of assets of a kind that are usually the responsibility of the general government sector, or public corporations. These commonly include, for example, roads, bridges, water supply and sewerage treatment works, hospitals, prison facilities, electricity generation and distribution facilities, and pipelines. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/external_debt_guide_2003_EN.pdf#page=227