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Trends in Private Participation in Infrastructure
December 29, 2014 Editor 0
The private sector has long been a major player in infrastructure projects around the globe. Its contribution is important on many levels: besides making financial, technical and managerial resources available for infrastructure projects, its participation has policy implications that impact investment and development. The World Bank’s Public Private Partnership Group and the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) […]
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What can education learn from health public-private partnerships (PPPs)?
November 9, 2014 Editor 0
While public-private partnerships (PPP) have been a central feature of many governments’ attempts to improve access to health services and improve health outcomes for their citizens, education PPPs are still in their infancy. Given the daunting challenges education is facing globally in terms of increasing access, improving learning outcomes, and making curricula relevant to the […]
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Connectivity equals opportunity: PPPs narrow the “broadband gap”
October 29, 2014 Editor 0
A billboard announces the arrival of high-speed broadband internet in downtown Nukua’lofa, the capital of Tonga. Photo: Tom Perry / World Bank You don’t need to be a grandparent or even have a particularly long memory to recall a time when information and communications technology (ICT) devices were luxuries only a few could afford, if not something lifted entirely from the […]
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The relevance of public-private partnerships in coopetition: empirical evidence from the tourism sector
December 3, 2013 Editor 0
The formation of coopetition is often triggered by a certain institutional context where the public sector pushes competing co-located companies to cooperate with each other. This situation is particularly important in the tourism sector where relevant public stakeholders support a collaborative attitude and practice among tourism businesses. In this paper, we focus on the role […]
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New program offers blueprint and ‘Golden Rules’ for increasing sustainable electricity in developing countries
November 21, 2013 Editor 0
Global outreach effort by electricity giants fosters bottom-up approach to strong Public-Private Partnerships; ‘Golden Rules’ draw on lessons worldwide The first hybrid wind-diesel electricity park in Ecuador’s famed Galápagos World Heritage Site, built by the private sector in partnership with the national and local governments, has for the past five years successfully reduced costly diesel […]
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Infrastructure Development: Public Private Partnership Path for Developing Rural Telecommunications in Africa
July 29, 2012 Editor 0
It is the quest of every government to achieve universal Access and service of telecommunication services and ICTs. Unfortunately due to the high cost of deploying infrastructure in rural areas of developing countries due to non-significant or no economic activity, this dream of achieving Universal access and service of telecommunications/ICTs have been stalled. This paper […]
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