This report from the Center for American Progress’ Kevin DeGood argues that noncompete clauses in infrastructure-related public-private partnership deals constrain the government’s ability to improve critical facilities: “The United States faces a growing infrastructure challenge,” the report argues. “The American Society of Civil Engineers estimates that the nation needs to invest more than $3 trillion across infrastructure sectors in the coming years. … In recent years … investment fund managers have pushed governments to expand beyond traditional procurement approaches to include more public-private partnerships, or P3s — especially those that include a private equity financing component. These supporters argue that public-private partnerships offer the government and investors a win-win: The public receives a needed facility, and investors earn attractive returns. … [but] investors frequently push for noncompete clauses — contract provisions that reduce competition and require the government to make them whole financially when policy changes or parallel infrastructure investment alter project revenues. These provisions are smart business but often bad public policy.”