Regional partnerships to assist public–private investments in irrigation systems

Risk allocation and the costs and benefits of publicprivate partnerships

We study the agency costs of delegated public service provision, focusing on the link between organizational forms and uncertainty at project implementation. We consider a dynamic multitask moral hazard environment where the mapping between effort and performance is ex ante uncertain but new information may arise during operations. Our analysis highlights the costs and benefits that bundling pl...

Vietnam’s Infrastructure Constraints: Public Investments and Public-Private Partnerships

Successful countries provide economy and society with infrastructure needed to maintain growth. Development experience suggests that investing 7 percent of GDP in infrastructure is the right order of magnitude for high and sustained growth. Over the last twelve years, the government of Vietnam was able to sustain infrastructure investment at 10 percent of GDP. This remarkably high level of inve...

Constraints to Applying Systems Thinking Concepts in Health Systems: A Regional Perspective from Surveying Stakeholders in Eastern Mediterranean Countries

Background Systems Thinking (ST) has recently been promoted as an important approach to health systems strengthening. However, ST is not common practice, particularly in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). This paper seeks to explore the barriers that may hinder its application in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) and possible strategies to mitigate them.   Methods A survey consistin...

Regional Economie Transformation and Social Overhead Investments

The paper aims to offer a methodological and applicable framework for assessing empirically the impacts of social overhead investments (or infrastructure investments) on the deveiopment of a region in terms of its investment and employment levels. The paper begins with a concise overview of various theories/methods and puts forward the Tinbergen hypothesis that programme effects of infrastructu...

Rmit Community and Regional Partnerships : Strategy Overview