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potential wider economic effect. The development of public-private partnership for infrastructure investment is another … Kyrgyz Republic on regional social and economic development. Discussions of financing infrastructure in the Kyrgyz Republic … barriers at borders. The efficiency of road infrastructure also depends on improved regional cooperation, which necessitates …
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This paper discusses two high-profile public-private partnership projects in Tajikistan - the Dushanbe-Chanak motor toll road and Pamir Energy hydropower projects. An impact evaluation exercise was conducted for the Dushanbe-Chanak road using difference-in-difference estimates. The impact of the...
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infrastructure provision did not materialize ex post. From a Public Choice perspective, one simple explanation for many of the …
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Bei der Auslagerung staatlicher Tätigkeiten auf private Partner kommt es für den Bereich personalintensiver Dienstleistungen durch die anfallende deutsche Umsatzsteuer zu einer zusätzlichen Kostenbelastung, die die Hoheitsträger bisher oft von Outsourcing abhält. Für den Bereich der...
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How should the different tasks in an infrastructure project be allocated to private and public agents, respectively … informational asymmetries and investment incentives. The advantage of bundling tasks within a PPP is shown to depend crucially on …
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Energy demand growth in Southeast Asian countries is predicted to be the highest in the world, with Indonesia having the highest urbanization rate. Along with growing urban areas, public infrastructures, such as streetlights, are also expanding. Unfortunately, energy conservation measures in...
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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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The construction sector plays a key role in providing structures for economies. This paper surveys the literature on key issues pertaining to the construction sector. It starts by summarizing our knowledge about differences in unit costs across time and space. It then discusses key bottlenecks...
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relationship among the variables. Also, the panel dynamic OLS revealed that a 1percent change in infrastructure (capital) and … recommends that public expenditure on infrastructure in the selected African countries be appropriately channeled to stimulate … investment and production, thereby stabilizing prices. …
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performance - affordable and efficient public infrastructure and services - remains lacking in this region - notably, in Sub …-Saharan Africa. To address this, the region itself has initiated a major, long-term, continent-wide infrastructure development … programme which is intended to fix this problem sustainably - namely, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa …
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