Learning from UK Private Finance Initiative experience

The Challenge of Public–Private Partnerships: Learning from International Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 207-230

  Pollitt, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34250221610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845428082.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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