About the Author

Atty. Alberto “Al” C. Agra is an authority on administrative, local government, and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) laws. He has been teacher and advocate of the local government law for 32 years and serves as a bar reviewer on the subject. He is the principal author of Amicus Imperiorum Locorum. He is also a professor and bar reviewer on administrative law. Agra is a Certified PPP Specialist™ and a PPP law professor. Since 2011, he has conducted hundreds of seminars on published dozens of infographics on PPP and crafted a template ordinance for arrangements not covered under the PPP Code. He also launched PPP guide for local governments, titled Casa Agra. Recrafted.

Latest from the Author

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INSIDER VIEW | Enhancing results through co-grantorship in PPPs

By: Alberto Agra

Co-grantorship— or inter-agency arrangements in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) — has emerged as a strategic approach to infrastructure and service delivery, allowing two or more public entities to jointly participate as grantors in a single PPP project.

24 Nov 2025

5:02PM

INSIDER VIEW | Choosing the right PPP framework

By: Alberto Agra

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the Philippines continue to expand as the government and the private sector explore more sustainable and innovative models for development.

14 Nov 2025

10:52AM

INSIDER VIEW | Preventing corruption in PPPs

By: Alberto Agra

Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) are meant to improve the lives of Filipinos—the very purpose of all government projects. PPPs unite public purpose and private innovation to accelerate infrastructure development and service delivery based on performance.

3 Nov 2025

2:03PM

INSIDER VIEW | Decoding availability payments for PPPs

By: Alberto Agra

To sustain any partnership, both contracting parties must contribute. There must be a genuine exchange of resources. The implementing agency and the private sector must both have “skin in the game” to gauge how invested each party is, and to exact accountability from each other.

20 Oct 2025

11:02AM

INSIDER VIEW | PPP of and with the People is bayanihan

By: Alberto Agra

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are often framed as contractual or financial arrangements or mechanisms that enable collaboration between the government and the private sector in the delivery of infrastructure and services.

8 Oct 2025

1:04PM

INSIDER VIEW | Fast-tracking ROW to drive PPP acceleration

By: Alberto Agra

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) thrive on certainty. Investors, contractors, and financiers will not commit billions of pesos without a stable and predictable legal and institutional environment.

29 Sep 2025

10:53AM

INSIDER VIEW | Justifying a 99-year PPP contract

By: Alberto Agra

Can a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project legally run for up to 99 years? This is a recurring question among government agencies and private proponents alike.

17 Sep 2025

4:58PM

INSIDER VIEW | PPPs and REITs: Unlocking value from public assets

By: Alberto Agra

While each has independently proven effective, PPPs and REITs, when strategically combined, have the potential to unlock enormous value from underutilized public assets.

11 Sep 2025

7:29AM

INSIDER VIEW | Empowering barangays through PPPs

By: Alberto Agra

Even with their relatively small territorial jurisdiction and limited powers compared to provinces, cities, and municipalities, barangays are duty-bound to create meaningful opportunities to improve the lives of their constituents