Decision making with respect to large infrastructure projects is at least partly based on ex
ante evaluations of costs and impacts. Impacts include economic, environmental, and social …

The book considers when governments should give guarantees to private investors. After
describing the history of guarantees, and the challenges the politics and psychology create …

Public-private partnership (PPP) policy strategies emphasize the ability of PPPs to foster
innovation. Evidence reported in literature supports less the inherent quality of PPPs for …

The twenty-first century has started with significant ideological changes involving an
increasing popular rejection of a strong role for the private sector in the management and …

Public transport is a pivotal utility in increasing the long-term sustainability of cities.
Consequently, there has been a growing interest in promoting a sustainable modal shift that …

Over the last 35 years or so, governments around the world have enhanced the participation
of private agents to deliver a wide variety of goods and services, traditionally delivered by …

Over the last few decades, public–private partnerships (PPPs) have been increasingly used
by governments to finance and manage complex operations in public investment, especially …