Public Investment and Public-Private Partnerships

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Gerd Schwartz, Ana Corbacho, Katja Funke

      Pages 1-7

3. Public Investment and Fiscal Policy in Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Public Capital and Economic Growth: Key Issues for Europe

      • Jakob de Haan, Ward Romp, Jan-Egbert Sturm

      Pages 11-20

   3. A Primer on Public Investment in Europe

      • Eric Perée, Timo Välilä

      Pages 21-35

   4. Challenges for Public Investment in New EU Member States

      • Anton Jevčák, Filip Keereman

      Pages 36-60

   5. Budgeting of Public Investments

      • Eivind Tandberg

      Pages 61-76

4. Fiscal Risks from PPPs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. PPPs and Fiscal Risks: Should Governments Worry?

      • Ana Corbacho, Gerd Schwartz

      Pages 85-104

   3. Controlling Spending Commitments in PPPs

      • Timothy Irwin

      Pages 105-117

   4. PPPs and Fiscal Risks: Experience of Portugal

      • Rui S. Monteiro

      Pages 118-131

5. The Institutional Environment for PPPs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. The OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure

      • Hans Christiansen

      Pages 143-161

   3. Legal Regimes for PPPs in Central and Eastern Europe

      • Alexei Zverev

      Pages 162-172

   4. Combining PPP with EU Grants

      • Hugh Goldsmith

      Pages 173-186

   5. Managing PFI Projects in the United Kingdom

      • Edward Farquharson

      Pages 187-196

   6. Negotiating and Renegotiating PPPs and Concessions

      • Luis A. Andres, J. Luis Guasch

      Pages 197-227

6. PPP Accounting, Reporting, and Auditing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

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   2. PPPs: Some Accounting and Reporting Issues

      • Richard Hemming

      Pages 235-244

   3. IPSASB: Service Concession Arrangements

      • Mike Hathorn

      Pages 245-255

There are now increasing concerns about the need to upgrade public infrastructure, improve the delivery of public services, and explore new options for partnering with the private sector. This book looks at ways of strengthening the efficiency of public investment and managing the fiscal risks of public-private partnerships.

• Controlling
• economic growth
• fiscal policy
• growth
• investment
• banking

• International Monetary Fund, USA

  Gerd Schwartz, Ana Corbacho, Katja Funke

LUIS ALBERTO ANDRES Economist, World Bank GUSZTÁV BÁGER Director General, State Audit Office, Hungary DANIEL BERGVALL Project Manager, OECD HANS CHRISTIANSEN Senior Economist, OECD JAKOB DE HAAN Professor, University of Groningen PHILIPPE DE ROUGEMONT Economist, Eurostat EDWARD FARQUHARSON Project Director, Partnerships UK HUGH GOLDSMITH PPP Coordinator, European Investment Bank JOSE LUIS GUASCH Senior Advisor, World Bank MIKE HATHORN Chair, International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board RICHARD HEMMING Deputy Director, International Monetary Fund TIMOTHY IRWIN Senior Economist, World Bank ANTON JEV?ÁK Desk Officer, EU Commission CHRISTOPHE KAMPS Senior Economist, European Central Bank FILIP KEEREMAN Head of Unit, EU Commission GÁBOR KISS Principal Economist, Central Bank of Hungary PATRICIA LEAHY Director, National Audit Office, UK FRANCISCO MACHADO Auditor, Court of Auditors, Portugal RUI SOUSA MONTEIRO Senior Economist, Parpública S.A. MARKO MR NIK Economist, EU Commission ERIC PERÉE Associate Director, European Investment Bank JUAN RAMALLO-MASSANET Member of the Court, European Court of Auditors WARD ROMP Researcher, University of Amsterdam CHRISTOPH B. ROSENBERG Senior Resident Representative, International Monetary Fund KÁLMÁN SEREGÉLYES Deputy Director General, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Hungary JAN-EGBERT STURM Professor, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich EIVIND TANDBERG Regional Advisor South East Europe, International Monetary Fund TERESA TER-MINASSIAN Director, International Monetary Fund TIMO VÄLILÄ Senior Economist, European Investment Bank ALEXEI ZVEREV Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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