Public-Private Partnerships

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.

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.

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