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This paper explores the procurement of public buildings in local authorities in the UK under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and its consequences for small and medium sized enterprises. Following an outline of the development of PFI in the UK, the paper explains the peculiarities of local...
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North Africa (NA) comprises of eight countries that includes Western Sahara, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt …, Sudan and South Sudan. Though, it is an economically prosperous area generating one-third of Africa's total GDP, the … vast deficit of infrastructure is a constraint on its growth. There is a need for adequate infrastructure to secure energy …
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participation in infrastructure (PPI) in Africa. The results of almost two decades of regulatory reforms, implementation of the … financing requirements. To begin to solve Africa's infrastructure investment problems, broad institutional reform along with …Recent years witnessed a profound reassessment of public policy towards the infrastructure sectors globally with a …
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Africa's trade is impeded by poor infrastructure. Inadequate transport infrastructure raises costs analogous to trade … barriers, while inadequate power discourages investment. Yet Africa's infrastructure needs greatly exceed its capacity to … private finance routinely finances infrastructure elsewhere in the world, in Africa it has been very limited. This article …
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This study appraises the record of private sector participation in infrastructure (PPI) in Africa using the updated …. To begin to solve Africa’s infrastructure investment problems, broad institutional reform along with greater financial … privatization and liberalization agenda, combined with the influx of private investment in infrastructure have decidedly been mixed …
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While there could be debate as to the root causes of Africa’s dearth of infrastructure, it is uncontested that this … infrastructure deficit widens each year – and the remedy to same, lies beyond the fiscal capacity of national governments and public … entities. The foregoing necessitates private investment for African infrastructure development. However, compared to regions …
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bei. Zusammenfassend kann festgehalten werden, dass die positiven Auswirkungen von privat finanzierter Infrastruktur auf …
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A recent Asian Development Bank publication estimates the large infrastructure financing requirement in Asia for the …. This paper analyzes a critical aspect of expanding private finance to infrastructure by examining the role of bank lending … project financing by banks to infrastructure PPP projects is still in its infancy in several Asian markets, and banks are …
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supply of social infrastructure. If successfully pursued, PPP can deliver benefits to users, governments, and the private … renegotiation of PPPs. PPPs are not a must-have solution but an option for building and upgrading infrastructure. In conclusion … promoting the PPP modality for infrastructure. …
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