Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to focus on those that have been used for major infrastructure projects, such as roads, schools, and hospitals. This book compares and contrasts PPP...

1. Introduction -- 2. Background to public-private partnerships -- 3. Public-private partnerships in the USA, part I : Introduction, local authorities and urban regeneration -- 4. Public-private partnerships in the USA, part II : Transportation and infrastructure -- 5. Public-private...