The political economics of investment Utopia: public–private partnerships for urban infrastructure finance

Journal of Economic Policy Reform

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Sclar, Elliott ^a  

^a Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

finance; network infrastructure; privatization; public private partnership; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924136368     PISSN: 17487870     EISSN: 17487889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17487870.2014.950857     Document Type: Article

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