Evento: Conferencia inaugural de las 'IV Jornadas sobre la singularidad de las cajas de ahorros españolas'. Organizado por: Federación de Usuarios de las Cajas de Ahorros

Cada año se invierte una significativa cantidad de recursos en mejorar las infraestructuras de transporte de los países en desarrollo. En este artículo investigamos los efectos de un gran proyecto de este tipo: el Golden Quadrilateral de la India. Para ello, utilizamos un modelo de comercio...

During recent years, a wide spectrum of research has questioned whether public services/infrastructure procurement through private finance, as exemplified by the UK Private Finance Initiative (PFI), meets minimum standards of democratic accountability. While broadly agreeing with some of these...

The refinancing of PFI (Private Finance Initiative) projects represents one of the most contentious aspects of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the UK. The negative publicity associated with UK PFI refinancing deals is associated with several factors, including, evidence of massive private...

The contemporary understanding of public sector risk management entails a broadening of the traditional bureaucratic approach to risk beyond the boundaries of purely financial risks. However, evidence suggests that in reality public sector risk management does not always match the rhetoric. This...

The purpose of the paper is to investigate how Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) can be used to fund infrastructure development in developing countries. This paper also presents a case study on how ABS has been used to fund infrastructure in Australia and points out the lessons that developing...

Extract: This paper explores strategies for improving the value for money to Government in the financing component of public private partnership (PPP) procurement for social infrastructure projects, drawing on the experience of methods trialled over the past five years in the United Kingdom and...

Public Private Partnerships are becoming a key trend with regard to the provision of infrastructure in the Southern African region, as evidenced by the increasing number of Public Private Partnership transactions taking place. These transactions depend on financing and, for them to be a success,...

ContextThis research is a study of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) in a South African public hospital using the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban as a case study. An investigation of the challenges facing the PPP as well as the key success factors for this PPP, as expressed by...

A look at potential project structures for use in integrated land use and mass transit projects. Four potential structures are put forward each with different profiles of public sector involvement. The dedicated pursuit of Transit Oriented Development involves significant policy challenges,...