Handshake

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Handshake is a quarterly journal on public-private partnerships commissioned by the World Bank Group Public-Private Partnerships unit and the International Finance Corporation.

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Handshake, No. 16 (June 2015): A Public-Private Partnerships Journal
(Washington, DC, 2015-06) World Bank Group; Scobie Oliveira, Tanya
The latest issue of Handshake, focused on public-private partnerships in the Innovation. “An age of constant invention naturally begets one of constant failure,”the New York Times Magazine declared in a recent story called “Welcometo the Failure Age.” Its core premise—that innovation is inextricably linked with failure—may be a fresh insight for the high-tech era, but has long been understood by those who work in infrastructure. To state the obvious:for those of us in infrastructure PPPs, failure is not a novel concept.Innovation is. The interplay between the two, with attention to the iterativelearning that is necessary to morph missteps into course corrections. Once the seeds of those ideas are planted, innovation has already begun to germinate. This issue includes the following headings: inside Korea’s PPP unit reinvigorating the regional economy; innovating at scale less early adoption,more global adaptation; The politics of PPP barcelona partnership energizes urban center; redefining failure and success why the “Brilliant Mistake” matters; course corrections small changes that create better outcomes; reviving the reliance rail PPP turning around a difficult project; protecting your PPP stabilizing partnerships in uncertain times; PPP insider Korea’s PPP unit creates institutional memory; from lessons to principles The public governance of PPPs; money talks debunking the myth of the “quick and easy” PPP; inside infrastructure powering rural Africa; One question eight experts discuss how PPPscan absorb common mistakes; master class preventing renegotiation, fostering efficiency; What the rest of the world is saying about PPPs.
Handshake, No. 15 (October 2014)
(Washington, DC, 2014-10) World Bank Group
This issue includes the following headings: finding the right broadband public-private partnership (PPP): whats key for emerging economies?; reform has its rewards: telecom takes off in Myanmar; e-gov excellence: models from Colombia, Ghana, India, and Portugal; know what you know: creating a government technology strategy; and closing the gap: Facebook and intel connect the unconnected.
Grain Storage Public-Private Partnerships
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2014-09) World Bank Group
Global attention was focused on food price volatility in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Governments initiated policy measures to ensure food security of populations, which included increasing food reserves as well as measures to reduce food wastage, including wastage due to poor storage and handling. One solution identified by countries running large food security programs was to introduce public-private partnerships (PPPs) in food storage, especially for storage of grain. The positive impacts of PPPs in this sector could be huge given the inefficiencies in grain storage and the large proportion of post-harvest wastage especially in the handling and storage of grain in developing countries.
Handshake, No. 14 (July 2014)
(Washington, DC, 2014-07) World Bank Group
This issue of Handshake focuses on natural resource PPPs that are making a difference. In Cartagena, Colombia, a hybrid public-private agency is profiled that has standardized water service to residents while restoring the coast, and in the process, contributed to political stabilization. Around Africas Lake Victoria, an environmental management initiative with the potential to reduce the pollution and resource footprint of industrial activities demonstrates how to include commercial ventures in conservation. This issue also draws inspiration from the thoughtfulness of conservationists who know the path forward depends on partnerships. From 2014 Stockholm Water Laureate John Briscoe, who has spent his career making sure taps are turned on, to science correspondent M. Sanjayan, whose call to action came in the rainy forest of Sierra Leone, to Jean-Michel Cousteau, who founded the Ocean Futures Society to carry on his family s stewardship of the sea, the interviews in Handshake give voice to the ways people are connected to nature, and how our survival depends on the continuation of this connection. Original articles from the FAO and The Rockefeller Foundation outline how Payments for Ecosystem Services, or PES, brings PPPs benefits directly to farmers, fishers, and those who maintain forests. This issue includes the following headlines: Ambassador of the sea Jean-Michel Cousteaus case for sustainable fisheries; A turning point for trees: Can the Amazon s forests be saved?; Restoring Cartagenas coast: A mixed-capitol model revitalizes land and sea; Impact investing: The Rockefeller Foundation dips its toes into oceans; Against A vision of perfection: John Briscoe argues for incremental solutions.
Handshake, No. 13 (April 2014)
(Washington, DC, 2014-04) World Bank Group
This issue of Handshake, focused on public-private partnerships in the power sector, brings diverse expert voices together to discuss how to increase access to energy in developing countries. Features on hydropower and renewables together with examples from Africa and Latin America provide an up-to-the-minute look at one of the most important and rapidly evolving sectors today. This issue includes the following headings: power and mining: digging deep to power up; market mover: intraday electricity trading; timeline to transformation: Nigerias privatization; energy for development: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MITs) new research; and interview: United Nation (UN) sustainable energy for all (SE4ALL) special representative Kandeh Yumkella. Whats it like to be energy-poor? Kandeh Yumkella, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All, answers that question and many more in this issue of Handshake. Yumkella recalls his own experiences in Sierra Leone to illustrate the link between energy poverty and income poverty and explains how PPPs can help.
Handshake, No. 12 (January 2014)
(Washington, DC, 2014-01) International Finance Corporation
This issue of the Handshake, IFCs quarterly journal on public-private partnerships, contains the following topics of interest: weighing the options: burn or bury?; waste and climate: supporting governments; community engagement: integrating Indias informal sector; an interview with the director of the documentary Trashed; and bonus: podcast with 2013 CNN hero on community cleanups.
Handshake, No. 11 (October 2013)
(International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, 2013-10) International Finance Corporation
This issue includes the following headings: donors: aid versus trade; investment: seeking strong partners; power: hydro heats up; water: sanitation solutions; and first person: African Development Bank President
Handshake, No. 10 (July 2013)
(International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, 2013-07) International Finance Corporation
This paper includes the following headings: education public, private, and partnerships, or PPPs come of age; vouching for the future; mobile learning dials up success; U.S. Secretary of Education by Arne Duncan; perspective; compass; and legalese.
Handshake, No. 9 (April 2013)
(International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, 2013-04) International Finance Corporation
This issue includes the following headings: investment - postwar promises; infrastructure - rebuilding seaports; services - telecoms triumph; economics - the cost of conflict; and interview - Francis Cooper, Claude Kayitenkore, and Melanne Verveer.
Handshake, No. 8 (January 2013)
(International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, 2013-01) International Finance Corporation; Buckholtz, Alison
This issue includes the following headings: infrastructure - A new direction for New Zealand schools, Primary schools, primary importance, Sustainable school buildings, and PPPs build the future; services - A charter for change, vouching for the future, Low fees, high hopes, Private schools for the poor, and Governments and business schools; innovation - Education for the 21st century, Access for all, Bricks and clicks, Open education goes the distance, Grading teachers, M is for mobile, Online learning; and interviews - Michelle Rhee, Emily Lawson, and Arne Duncan.