Public-private partnerships : success and failure factors for in-transition countries /

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Imprint:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, c2010.
Description:	xiii, 368 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Public-private sector cooperation -- Former communist countries -- Case studies. Public-private sector cooperation. Government ownership -- Former communist countries -- Case studies. Government ownership. Public-private sector cooperation. Former communist countries. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8304386

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Other authors / contributors:	Urio, Paolo.
ISBN:	9780761850700 0761850708
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Public-Private Partnerships aims to discover the conditions under which public-private partnerships may provide a viable alternative to the provision of public services and infrastructures by the state, while achieving efficient, sustainable, peaceful, and equitable development in four transition countries: China, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. These countries have experienced command economy under communist rule for at least thirty years. They have only recently introduced market mechanisms. In spite of a huge literature in favor of public private partnerships in the west, scientific empirical evidence is generally mixed and balanced. Success or failure depends upon many factors that need to be identified and analyzed. Moreover, economic performance may be achieved at the expense of other criteria such as equity, public scrutiny, and accountability. This research (a cooperation between the University of Geneva and the United Nations) is the first attempt to evaluate public-private partnerships based upon a review of the literature in Europe, documentary analysis, and in-depth interviews in the four countries with representatives of the public and private sectors, as well [as] civil society organizations"--P. [4] of cover.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustration
Preface and Acknowledgments
Part I. Introduction
1. Origins, Objectives, and Methodology of the Research
Part II. Theory and Practice of PPPs: Is the Western Experience Useful for In-Transition Countries?
2. Under What Conditions Can Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Improve Efficiency, Equity, Security and Sustainable Development in Countries at the Pre-PPP Stage?
3. Questions, Risks and Challenges: Public-Private Partnerships in Western European Countries
4. Public-Private Partnerships: A Quantitative Analysis
Part III. PPPs In-Transition Countries: Favourable Conditions and Contributions to Efficiency, Sustainability. Equity and Security
5. The Future of PPPs in Poland: A Preliminary Assessment
6. PPPs in the Russian Federation: A Preliminary Assessment
7. The Future of PPPs in Ukraine: A Preliminary Assessment
8. The Future of PPPs in China: A Preliminary Assessment Yang
Part IV. Conclusion
9. PPPs in In-transition Countries: Prospects and Limits for the Improvement of Efficiency, Sustainability, Equity and Security
Index
About the Editor and Authors

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