Publication

Waste PPPs, Handshake Issue # 12

In this issue on waste public-private partnerships (PPPs), experts, entrepreneurs, and activists share innovations that can guide government officials toward effective solid waste management strategies; and contributors present a range of solutions and technologies that can be tailored to cities around the world, with special attention focused on approaches that will work in developing countries. 

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Municipal Solid Waste PPPs

Dedicated Public-Private Partnership Units: A Survey of Institutional and Governance Structures

This book provides an overview of dedicated PPP units in OECD countries, including case studies covering: the State of Victoria (Australia), Germany, Korea, South Africa (an OECD enhanced engagement country), and the United Kingdom. It examines the functions and locations of dedicated PPP units, the role they play in the procurement process and the lessons learned for other countries that have already established or are considering establishing a dedicated PPP unit.

Natural Resources PPPs, Handshake Issue # 14

Handshake, International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) quarterly journal on public-private partnerships (PPPs), Issue # 14, July 2014. This issue focuses on natural resource PPPs that are making a difference. It profiles a hybrid public-private agency that has standardized water service to residents while restoring the coast as well as an environmental management initiative around Africa’s Lake Victoria with the potential to reduce the pollution and resource footprint of industrial activities.

Connectivity, Handshake Issue # 15

Handshake, International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) quarterly journal on public-private partnerships (PPPs), Issue # 15, October 2014. No government can afford to ignore technology, and the momentum behind Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is unrelenting. This issue of Handshake explores how public-private partnerships (PPPs) in ICT can help the public sector manage technology, become more responsive to citizens' needs, and reach out to the two-thirds of the world that is still unconnected.

PPP Reference Guide 3.0 (Full version)

A substantial body of knowledge on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) has been generated across the world by a broad spectrum of practitioners from government, the private sector, international development institutions, academia, and expert advisors. This Reference Guide helps readers navigate this body of knowledge. It introduces key topics on PPP, sets out options, and directs readers to examples and references where they can learn more.