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Public private partnerships : the worldwide revolution in infrastructure provision and project finance

Grimsey, Darrin - 2004

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

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The dynamics of regional development : the Philippines in East Asia

Balisacan, A. M. (ed.); Hill, Hal (ed.) - Asian Development Bank Institute - 2007

A decade and a half since the Philippines embarked on a major program of decentralization, the authors of this book … only for an audience interested in the Philippines - a large developing nation with a population soon to exceed 100 million … decentralization program in the Philippines has been reasonably successful, they argue there is an urgent need for a clear, predictable …

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Game theory and international environmental cooperation

Finus, Michael - 2001

The book investigates various strategies to provide countries with an incentive to accede, agree and comply to an international environmental agreement (IEA). Finus shows that by integrating real world restrictions into a model, game theory is a powerful tool for explaining the divergence...

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Bargaining and the theory of cooperative games : John Nash and beyond

Thomson, William (contributor) - 2010

Lars Tyge Nielsen (1983), 'Ordinal Interpersonal Comparisons in Bargaining', Econometrica, 51 (1), January, 219-21 -- Yves Sprumont (2000), 'A Note on Ordinally Equivalent Pareto Surfaces', Journal of Mathematical Economics, 34, 27-38 -- Zvi Safra and Dov Samet (2004), 'An Ordinal Solution to...

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Cost-benefit analysis and evolutionary computing : optimal scheduling of interactive road projects

Taplin, John H. E. (ed.); Qiu, Min (ed.); … - 2005

This book systematically addresses the issue of interdependence between road projects in a network, when prioritising and scheduling road expansion and maintenance. The book presents substantial applications for both rural and urban projects and to the optimization of maintenance. The authors...

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Financing transportation networks

Levinson, David M. - 2002

Pollution, alternative fuels, congestion, intelligent transportation systems, and the shift from construction to maintenance all call for a reconsideration of the existing highway revenue mechanisms, especially the gas tax. David Levinson explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway...

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Structuring public-private research partnerships for success : empowering university partners

Rausser, Gordon C. - 2016

1. Public research enterprises: the changing landscape -- 2. The scientific research process -- 3. Public good versus private good research: the empirical evidence -- 4. Crowding-in versus crowding-out of public good research -- 5. Knowledge creation and the research and development process --...

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The evaluation of active labour market policies : measures, public private partnerships and benchmarking

Koning, Jaap de (contributor) - 2007

This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better...

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The impact of globalization on Argentina and Chile : business enterprises and entrepreneurship

Lluch, Andrea (contributor); Jones, Geoffrey (contributor) - 2015

This unique book compares the effects of globalization on two differing Latin American countries, Argentina and Chile, while utilizing both the historical lens of the late nineteenth century and the status of the modern economy to draw its conclusions. Focusing on these two eras of...

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Privatization and market development : global movements in public policy ideas

Hodge, Graeme A. (contributor) - 2006

This accessible book aims to inform readers interested in assessing privatization and market development concepts on a global scale, and outlines a range of thinking on how these policy ideas have moved around the globe. Bringing together an international team of contributors, the book traces...

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