Locus assisted the government of Bangladesh as it developed its Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act in 2013-2014 in partnership with the World Bank. Jean-Paul Gauthier provided a critical review of the bill prior to its enactment in 2015. The bill aims to open up needed private-sector capital into Bangladesh's infrastructure projects.

Jean-Paul previously worked on numerous other projects in Bangladesh, including on a Bangladesh Administrative Barriers to Investment Project (2005) and a Bangladesh Investment Climate Facility (2006-2007) while as a Technical Team Lead and Task Manager at the World Bank.