Jose Antonio Tan III

Mr. Jose Antonio Tan III is currently Director at ADB’s Southeast Asia Department where he handles operations in Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade.  He had also held several positions in ADB - as Advisor at the Independent Evaluation Department, Senior Advisor to the Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development and Senior Economist at the Central and West Asia Department. Prior to ADB, he had worked with the Government of the Philippines as Deputy Treasurer of the Philippines and officer at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

Packaging Public-Private Partnerships in Waste-to-Energy Projects: ADB’s Experience

The Private Sector Operations Department of Asian Development Bank continues to be active in Waste-to-Energy (WTE) sector in many Asian countries. While the Public-Private Partnership/Build–Operate–Transfer structure is possible for WTE, the challenge is to increase the number of commercial banks that are keen to finance this type of project.