Managing government exposure to private infrastructure risks

World Bank Research Observer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-245

  Irwin, Timothy ^a   Klein, Michael ^a   Perry, Guillermo E ^a   Thobani, Mateen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATIZATION;

EID: 0033402275     PISSN: 02573032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wbro/14.2.229     Document Type: Article

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