The Role of PFI in the UK Government's Modernisation Agenda

Financial Accountability and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-97

  Broadbent, Jane ^a   Laughlin, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

infrastructure investment; modernisation; NPFM; PFI

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847297292     PISSN: 02674424     EISSN: 14680408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0267-4424.2005.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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