The paper examines the institutional foundations of public-private partnerships development in the Russian Federation. The analysis of obstacles to more widespread adoption of public-private partnership in Russia has revealed many unresolved issues. First of all, these are the gaps in the...

This paper reviews the basic problems of economic security in infrastructural ensuring of the implementation of transportation and intermediate carrier potential of Russia: development and reconstruction of communication lines, usage of innovative transportation methods, building a network of...

The article shows the role of environmental factor in the competitiveness of the region. The issue of the country's image and the region is considered according to ecology and touristic appeal. We consider the modern role of botanical gardens and their transformation from scientific...

Considering the alternative solutions to public procurement offered by the public-private partnership structures, this study analyzes the main choices for financing such projects, as the access to financial resources tends to be a significant challenge in the current economic context generated...

The paper considers issues of assessing efficiency of the projects on developing mineral resources and issues of coordination of the long-term governmental and private investors' interests in Russian- Chinese cross-borders cooperation. The authors made such assessment by scenario analysis based...

This paper studies the characteristics of New Public Commons for disaster reconstruction through three case studies: the Unzen, Hanshin-Awaji, and Chuetsu disasters. New public activities can be launched after huge calamities. They are mainly soft measures and provide victims and communities...

The article considers concession as a potential method of financing the transport infrastructure in Uzbekistan. The concession is suggested as an optimal policy option within public-private partnership (PPP). The paper defines directions targeted to build-up PPP conditions in the country.

The Brazilian National Treasury, through Decree No. 614/06, established the Standards for the consolidation of public accounts applicable to PPP contracts, recommending the adoption of the essence over form criterion, focusing on the essence of the economic relationship between contracting...

After more than a decade since the PPPÕs diffusion in Italy, inspired by foreign experiences, the empirical experiences have highlighted several gaps of the instrument with financial and managerial implications for the public sector. In particular the paper focuses attention on the diffusion...

With economic losses of over USD 370 bn caused by 325 catastrophic events, 2011 ranks as the worst ever year in terms of costs to society due to natural catastrophes and man-made disasters. In the same time, 2011 is the second most expensive year in the history for the insurance industry, with...