Is there a need for public private partnership projects in Singapore?

COBRA 2010 - Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gunawansa, Asanga ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Infrastructure development; Investment; Public procurement; Public Private Partnerships; Singapore

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; POLICY ARCHITECTURE; PROCUREMENT METHODS; PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURES; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; PUBLIC PROCUREMENT; SINGAPORE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SURVEYING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84860479282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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