In this section, Federico Villalobos interviews colleagues worldwide in the finance and infrastructure industry. The objective of these conversations is to provide readers with first hand experience from experts as well as an update on international best practices.  This week, we talked to David Baxter, recognized PPP specialist and practitioner and former former Executive Director of the Institute for Public Private Partnerships (IP3). As an industry expert, David analizes PPP schemes as a mechanism to close the infrastructure gap in emerging countries and key steps to successful project structuring.