Public-private partnerships in Hong Kong: Good governance the essential missing ingredient?

Australian Journal of Public Administration

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Hayllar, Mark Richard ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Good governance; Hong Kong; Public infrastructure; Public private partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954770669     PISSN: 03136647     EISSN: 14678500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8500.2010.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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