Alexander Jett

At ADB’s Office of Public-Private Partnerships, Alexander Jett helps manage the Asia Pacific Project Preparation Facility, established to prepare PPP projects. He also supports transaction advisory services for South Commuter Railway in the Philippines. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Jett worked at the World Bank’s PPP unit in Singapore and the Financial Solutions Unit in Washington DC. He managed the World Bank’s Private Participation in Infrastructure database and helped screen and structure transport and energy PPPs.

Bringing Finance and Planning Together to Deliver the Sustainable Development Goals Towards 2030: A Nepalese Perspective

The Government of Nepal makes use of development financing contributed by the public, private, and cooperative sectors as a funding strategy to implement the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Findings of the Development Finance Assessment in Nepal show that while finance is one of the constraints in achieving the SDGs, so is the absorptive capacity to utilize the financing offered.

Bangladesh Skills for Employment Investment Program: Opportunity to Transform the Skills Sector

With unmet training needs owing to a large gap in training capacity, Bangladesh faces a shortage in skills supply resulting to low productivity and income. Introducing performance-based financing, the Skills for Employment Investment Project in Bangladesh involved industry associations in priority sectors to ensure large-scale public-private partnerships.

New Zealand’s Industry Training and Apprenticeship System: a Public-Private Partnership in Action

Industry training is funded as an industry-government partnership in New Zealand, with government funding contingent on an industry cash contribution of at least 30 percent. Maintaining this level of industry contribution is a critical test of support for industry training organizations and to maintain government recognition. The industry also provides in-kind support through time and capital.

Human Capital Development in South and Southeast Asia: Achievements, Prospects, and Policy Challenges

Educational and skills challenges constrain the development of human capital in South and Southeast Asia as the region catches up with the rest of the world. The introduction of technical and vocational education and training programs helps prepare new entrants to the workforce by providing quality education and skills development.