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Disclosure of public-private partnership (PPP) voluntary information

Musawa, Mubarak Shehu; Ismail, Suhaiza; Ahmad, Hawa - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration 9 (2017) 2, pp. 146-163

Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, it seeks the perception of public-private partnership (PPP) experts on the importance of desirable PPP information that can be voluntarily reported by the private sector; and second, it determines the extent and quality of voluntary disclosure...

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EX ANTE CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN THE EUROPEAN ROAD SECTOR: A COMPARISON OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Blanc-Brude, Frederic; Goldsmith, Hugh; Valila, Timo - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2007

in a PPP. We use data on ex ante construction costs of road projects in Europe to test the existence and the magnitude of … any such difference between PPPs and traditional procurement. We estimate the ex ante cost of a PPP road to be, on average …, 24% more expensive than a traditionally procured road, all other things equal. This estimate corresponds by and large to …

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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EUROPE: AN UPDATE

Blanc-Brude, Frederic; Goldsmith, Hugh; Valila, Timo - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2007

This paper offers an updated description of the macroeconomic and sectoral significance of PPPs in Europe, without assessing PPPs from a normative perspective. It shows that, over the past fifteen years, more than one thousand PPP contracts have been signed in the EU, representing a capital...

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Public–Private Partnerships in International Agricultural Research: An Analysis of Constraints

Spielman, David; Grebmer, Klaus - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 31 (2006) 2, pp. 291-300

Public–private partnerships are a potentially important means of conducting pro-poor agricultural research in many developing countries. Yet within the international agricultural research sector, there are few examples of successful collaboration that have contributed to food security, poverty...

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STRENGTHEN AND UPGRADE REGIONAL CAPABILITIES (REGIONAL UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE CENTRE PROGRAMME IN HUNGARY)

INZELT, Annamária - In: Romanian Journal of Economics 26 (2008) 1(35), pp. 133-154

The emerging vision of the modern, innovative Hungarian economy, which can compete successfully in the global arena, made it absolutely necessary to encourage business firms to be innovation-oriented and to encourage universities to develop, beyond their traditional teaching mission, also their...

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An innovation economics agenda for the Obama administration

Atkinson, Robert - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 34 (2009) 4, pp. 440-447

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Partnership and Local Governance in Romania

Matei, Lucica; Matei, Ani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

As subsystem of the global social system, public administration has got powerful political, social, economic, cultural determinations, being in a complex connection with its environment. Defining the principles of functioning for society, distributive emphasizing the competences for spheres of...

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Public-Private Partnership for Urban Regeneration: The Case of the Urban Transformation Companies

Poggesi, Sara - In: DSI Essays Series 2 (2009)

In many industrialized countries, the debate surrounding privatization is undergoing significant changes. If during the 80’s and 90’s attention was placed on the sale of public enterprises to private operators, recent studies and practices have increasingly focused on cooperation and...

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Reconsidering Public-Private Partnerships in Developing Countries

Sundaram, Jomo Kwame; Chowdhury, Anis - In: Institutions and Economies (formerly known as … 1 (2009) 2, pp. 199-205

Where large-scale investments are needed, especially for infrastructure projects, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been touted as an option. With encouragement by the international financial institutions, PPPs have been promoted in developing countries, especially those facing large...

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A Primer on Public Investment in Europe, Old and New

Peree, Eric; Valila, Timo - Economics Department, European Investment Bank (EIB) - 2007

We take stock of what is known about public investment in the member states of the European Union, old and new alike. The interesting features about the long-term evolution of public investment have been its downtrend in old EU member states, bar the cohesion countries, and its volatility in new...

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