Public Private Partnerships
Subtitle: the Worldwide Revolution in Infrastructure and Project Finance
Contributors: Lewis, M. K.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.; Elgar Publishing, Incorporated, Edward
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cheltenham
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781845423438
Subjects: Infrastructure (Economics); Risk management; Economic development projects; Management; Public-private sector cooperation
Description: This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance, provided by private enterprises constructing and managing public infrastructure facilities in partnership with government bodies. 'The boundaries between the public and private sector are the most important political issue of our time.'
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Glossary; Chapter 1: The nature of partnerships; Chapter 2: The revolution in infrastructure; Chapter 3: The origins of partnerships; Chapter 4: Partnerships and conventional procurement of infrastructure; Chapter 5: The structure of partnership agreements; Chapter 6: Issues in public private partnerships; Chapter 7: Risk management; Chapter 8: The governance of partnerships; Chapter 9: PPPs in emerging markets; Chapter 10: An assessment; References; Index.