An economic analysis of Ireland's first public private partnership

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 379-388

  Hurst, Claire ^a   Reeves, Eoin ^b  

^a King Edward's VI Sixth Form College   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Ireland; Partnership; Schools

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344694888     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550410546570     Document Type: Article

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