Evolution of Public Private Partnership in India: A Case Study in Roads & Highway Structures

A Comprehensive Approach Towards Transparency: Case Study on Highway Development Through Public Private Partnership (PPP) in India

Transparency has become a buzzword in contemporary literature of Planning. However, it is NOT a well-constrained concept. This term is defined differently from different fundamental positions (Sen 1999; Stiglitz 2003; Florini 2007). Public private partnerships in infrastructure development are popularly known for offering transparent planning process. This study argues that transparency is narr...

The Role of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Building Society

It is found for the last two decades that there has been a rapid rise of PPPs across the world. A government in developing countries like India is using PPP arrangements for improved delivery of infrastructure services and social services. Public Private Partnerships which are an integral part of the new paradigm of good governance policy is the most recent addition in the world of society and ...

Private-Public Partnership for low volume roads: the Swedish Private Roads Associations

Private road associations (PRAs) manage two thirds of the road network in Sweden. They manage the roads at less cost and with better results than the Government road agencies. In fact, the PRAs perform so well that some urban municipalities request the associations to manage the municipal roads which connect to the private roads. There are also PRAs that are responsible for ferry services, for ...

Public/private Partnership in Health Care Services in India

It is widely accepted that the deficiencies in public sector health system can only be overcome by significant reforms. The need for reforms in India s health sector has been emphasized by successive plan documents since the Eighth Five-Year Plan in 1992, by the 2002 national health policy and by international donor agencies. The World Bank (2001:12,14), which has been catalytic in initiating h...

Public-Private Partnership in the Health Sector in India