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 civil society organizations.
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This book 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.
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Chapter 1 List of Tables Chapter 2 List of Figures Chapter 3 List of Boxes Chapter 4 Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 6 Introduction Chapter 7 Chapter 1: Origins, Objectives, and Methodology of the Research Part 8 Part I: Theory and Practice of PPPs: is the Western Experience Useful for In-Transition Countries? Chapter 9 Chapter 2: Under What Conditions Can Public-Private-Partnerships (PPPs) Improve Efficiency, Equity, Security, and Sustainable Development in Countries at the pre-PPP Stage? Chapter 10 Chapter 3: Questions, Risks, and Challenges: Public-Private Partnerships in Western European Countries Chapter 11 Chapter 4: Public-Private Partnerships: A Quantitative Analysis Part 12 Part II: PPPs in-transition countries: Favorable Conditions and Contributions to Efficiency, Sustainability, Equity, and Security Chapter 13 Chapter 5: The Future of PPPs in Poland: A Preliminary Assessment Chapter 14 Chapter 6: PPPs in the Russian Federation Chapter 15 Chapter 7: The Future of PPPs in Ukraine Chapter 16 Chapter 8: The Future of PPPs in China: A Preliminary Assessment Chapter 17 Conclusion Chapter 18 Chapter 9: PPPs in In-transition Countries: Prospects and Limits for the Improvement of Efficiency, Sustainability, Equity, and Security Chapter 19 About the Editor and Authors
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ISBN
9780761850700
Publisert
2010-12-18
Utgiver
Vendor
University Press Of America
Vekt
576 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

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Biographical note

Paolo Urio is professor emeritus of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has been dean of his faculty and director of the Master in Public Management. From 1998 to 2003, he directed the Sino-Swiss Management Training Program in the Public Sector of China that trained more than 400 Chinese senior civil servants and Party senior cadres. Currently, he maintains cooperation with the School of Public Policy and Management at Tsinghua University (Beijing) and the School of Public Administration at Renmin University (Beijing). He is the author of Reconciling State, Market and Society in China: The Long March Toward Prosperity (Routledge, 2010), which deals with China's reform process.