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Infrastructure in South Africa: Who is to finance and who is to pay?
Caltz E.; Fourie J. - 2010
distinguishes between the payment for and financing of the South African Government's infrastructure investment programme. The paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480475
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH: AN ANALYSIS OF CHALLENGES FACING INDUSTRY AND THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Spielman, David J.; von Grebmer, Klaus - 2004
Public-private partnerships offer potentially important opportunities for pro-pooragricultural research in developing countries. Yet in the international agricultural researchcommunity--and with regard to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research(CGIAR) itself--we see few...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446829
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Harnessing market competition in PPP procurement: The importance of periodically taking a strategic view
Mols, Frank - 2010
narrow focus on individual contracts increases the risk of overlooking overdependence on one supplier (OGC 2003). Discussion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009448115
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Quality assessment of public and private modes of solid waste collection in Accra, Ghana
Post, J.; Obirih-Opareh, N. - 2002
In the course of 5 yr, the system of solid waste collection (SWC) in Accra has undergone a fundamental turn from public to private provision. The transition was motivated by the apparent inability of the city's Waste Management Department to deal with the mounting problems of waste collection...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009460011
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Public-private partnerships: overcoming project implementation problems faced by public clients and private players in infrastructure projects in Singapore
LINGF-1, L; Kumaraswamy, M; Dulaimi, M; Khalfan, M - 2011
are unclear; and risk allocation is unfair. Recommendations on how problems faced in the PPP pre-contract stage might be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481600
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Determinants of efficient risk allocation in privately financed public infrastructure projects in Australia
Jin, Xiao-Hua - 2010
Risk allocation in privately financed public infrastructure projects, which are mainly referred to as public … that guides the formation of efficient risk allocation strategies is thus desirable. Drawing on the transaction cost … associated with risk allocation in PPP projects. They include partners’ risk management routine, partners’ risk management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483695
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Allocating risks in public-private partnership projects using a transaction cost economics approach - a case study
Jin, Xiao-Hua - 2009
stakeholders. An appropriate risk allocation is particularly crucial to achieving project success. This paper focuses on the risk … currently missing, into the risk management research. A TCE-based approach is proposed as a logical framework for allocating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483696
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Neurofuzzy decision support system for efficient risk allocation in public-private partnership infrastructure projects
Jin, Xiao-Hua - 2010
adopted risk allocation (RA) strategy is efficient. Theoretical frameworks drawing on the transaction cost economics and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483863
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Towards the development of a construction supply chain transaction cost economic model for strategic infrastructure procurement evaluation
Jin, X; London, K - 2010
Australia has adopted public-private partnership (PPP) as a major strategy for procuring infrastructure for decades. However, even though considered to be a mature and sophisticated market, several major failures have occurred resulting in increasing financial burdens on taxpayers. Failures have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483871
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Potential Impacts of Bt Eggplant on Economic Surplus and Farmers’ Health in India
Krishna, Vijesh V.; Qaim, Matin - 2007
In this article, the potential impacts of Bt eggplant technology in Indian agriculture are analyzed. Several proprietary Bt hybrids are likely to be commercialized in the near future. Based on field trial data, it is shown that the technology can significantly reduce insecticide applications and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444931