Infrastructure Justice: Building Equity into Infrastructure Financing
Source: In the Public Interest, January 2014 From the abstract: Public funding of infrastructure is well known to be the least expensive way to finance major infrastructure projects. But in light of...
View ArticleCosts of Privatization Hidden in Plain Sight
Source: Ellen Dannin, Truthout, January 28, 2014 Privatization is often sold as providing higher quality services and infrastructure at lower cost. In fact, important costs are regularly overlooked. In...
View ArticleBill Clinton Pushing for New Ways to Look at P3s
Source: Keeley Webster, Bond Buyer, April 4, 2014 (subscription required) Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Thursday he wants to find financing mechanisms for climate-friendly infrastructure...
View ArticleThe Road to Ruin: Can We Afford the Anti-Tax Movement?
Source: Ellen Dannin, Truthout, May 12, 2014 Experience has shown that the anti-tax movement is a luxury we cannot afford. Its clout and legislators’ fear of that clout means that taxes cannot be...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Why Aren’t We Using Social Impact Bonds to Solve the Country’s Blight...
Source: John Roman and Kelly Walsh, Next City, June 11, 2014 …Many cities, particularly those in the Northeast and Midwest, are dealing with substantial problems of blight. Properties are abandoned or...
View ArticleWater Privatization: Coming to a Century Old System Near You?
Source: Ellen Dannin, Truthout, June 18, 2014 The good news is that our more than a century old, dangerously deteriorating water and wastewater systems are about to get long overdue attention. Not only...
View ArticleITPI Privatization Resource Guide
Source: In the Public Interest, May 29, 2014 From the abstract: The resources in this resource guide are produced by ITPI, members of the ITPI Scholars Network and other close allies. The publications...
View ArticleThe ‘P3′ dilemma: States learn partnerships come with hazards
Source: Len Boselovic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 13, 2014 (part 4 of 4 part series) Many government officials see public-private partnerships as a convenient solution to their infrastructure...
View ArticlePublic Private Partnerships: Balancing the needs of the public and private...
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Findings and Recommendations of the Special Panel on Public-Private Partnerships, September 2014 From the press...
View ArticleThe Role Of Performance-Based Infrastructure
Source: William G. Reinhardt, Public Works Financing, Vol. 298, November 2014 (subscription required) As money and power are increasingly concentrated in Washington, the line of supplicants stretches...
View ArticleObama Proposes P3 Tool to Help States Finance Infrastructure
Source: Liz Farmer, Governing, January 21, 2015 In his State of the Union, the president proposed expanding a program that encourages state and local governments to pay for infrastructure projects with...
View ArticleFor sale: U.S. infrastructure? Like Greece, we may be forced to privatize...
Source: Lisa Schweitzer, Los Angeles Times, July 13, 2011 …… Last week, Rep. John L. Mica (R-Fla.,), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, introduced a bill that would...
View ArticleThe Pros and Cons of Privatization
Source: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Government Finance Review, Vol. 27 no. 3, June 2011 (subscription required) Any privatization deal has financial and social implications. Only by...
View ArticleThe Infrastructure Privatization Bank
Source: Reuters, September 10, 2011 The first time many heard about the United States creating a infrastructure bank was in President Obama’s Thursday speech, but the idea has actually been floating...
View ArticleCalPERS plans $800 million investment in California infrastructure
Source: Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee, September 13, 2011 In a move that could fuel economic growth, CalPERS earmarked $800 million Monday for investments in California roads, bridges, power transmission...
View ArticleACS responds to Nevada’s highway conundrum
Source: Gerelyn Terzo, Infrastructure Investor, 07 Nov 2011 (login required) Construction is desperately needed on a span of Nevada highway covering less than four miles. The project, which could cost...
View ArticleMonmouth County bridge operations to be privatized
Source: Joseph Sapia, Asbury Park Press, November 11, 2011 A private company will operate Monmouth County’s four movable bridges next year, the county Board of Freeholders has decided in a unanimous...
View ArticleMoving Forward on Public Private Partnerships: U.S. and International...
Source: Emilia Istrate, Robert Puentes, Brookings Institution, Brookings-Rockefeller, Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation, December 2011 From the summary: In a time of constrained public...
View ArticleCuomo wants private sector for $15bn infra plan
Source: Gerelyn Terzo, Infrastructure Investor, 05 January 2012 (subscription required) New York governor Andrew Cuomo is calling on the expertise and capital of the private sector to help revitalise...
View ArticleBailout fatigue
Source: Infrastructure Investor, February 2012 (subscription required) …Last week, public authorities in the UK and Australia…had to step in to prevent a number of important infrastructure projects...
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