Introduction : Economics among the Road Scholars -- Drought and hunger -- Poverty -- School meals -- Health care -- Child development and elementary education -- Employment guarantee -- Food security and the public distribution system -- Corporate power and technology -- War and peace -- Top-up

There is a strong economic rationale for close cooperation between the public and private sectors. This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for the provision of public services through instruments combining public and private money such as public-private partnerships (PPPs or...