This book focuses on the latest developments in the Asia-Pacific community in terms of how deregulation and … privatization are bringing more risk to energy companies. In the light of these market changes, interest in energy risk management …

Public spending on infrastructure plays an important role in promoting economic growth and poverty alleviation …. Empirical studies unequivocally show that under-investment in infrastructure limit economic growth. At the same time, numerous … other studies have shown that investment in infrastructure can be a highly effective tool in fighting poverty reduction. In …

India -- Central and state urban infrastructure programs in Karnataka: What do we learn? -- Risk allocation in concession …) Delhi Metro Station -- Hidden Cost in Public Infrastructure Project: A Case Study of Kolkata East-West Metro -- Impact of … debate on urban governance in Asia and around the globe. It has been divided into three sections: The first section is on …

varieties of capitalism in both Europe and Asia, second a macroeconomic analysis of industrial structural change and economic … dynamics of the national economies in Europe and Asia, and then an encompassing analysis of international production linkages … and international financial instability which determine the long-term patterns of regional integration in Europe and Asia …

specific focus on Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, this revised edition examines the process of development …

the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a … strengths and weaknesses, it then compares them to purely publicly managed water utilities. The book examines the privatization …This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both …