This paper summarizes what is known about the impact of Public-Private Partnerships
(PPPs) in infrastructure (energy, transport, water and sanitation, and telecommunications) …

The community cooperatives that are spreading today in many parts of the world are the
arrival point of an evolutionary process that has seen the progressive shift of cooperatives' …

Attracting private financing is high on the agenda of policy makers concerned with closing
the infrastructure gap in developing countries. To date, however, private finance represents …

Comprehensive evaluation requires tracking indirect effects of interventions, such as
politicians and constituents reacting to the arrival of a development program. We study …

This paper summarizes what is known about the impact of public–private partnerships
(PPPs) in the three sectors where they have been used intensively: infrastructure (energy …

This paper aims to provide a critical assessment of Oliver Williamson's work on the choice
between public and private governance by focusing on his central proposition that public …

In the past decade, Chinese involvement in Latin American infrastructure development has
increased dramatically. The influx of Chinese investment along with Chinese construction …

Most casual observers of reform pro cesses in Latin America are likely to quote privatization
as one of the pillars of the 1990s reforms in that region. In fact, Latin America has over 30 …

Do political institutions moderate the influence of corruption on privately financed
infrastructure projects? We argue that electoral competition incentivizes politicians to …

Privatisation faces strong and increasingly popular opposition in Latin America. This paper
uses individual data on social attitudes, socioeconomic status and demographic information …