Can the private finance initiative be used in emerging economies? - lessons from the UK’s successes and failures

Managerial Finance

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 36-51

  Handley Schachler, Morrison ^a   Gao, Simon S ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contracts; Developing countries; Finance; Outsourcing; Public sector; Risk management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855454770     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350310768742     Document Type: Article

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