Publication: Public-Private Partnership Units : What Are They, and What Do They Do?
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2006-09
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2006-09
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As governments turn to the private sector to provide services once delivered by the public sector, they must learn new skills. An increasingly common way to provide the new capacities needed is to establish public-private partnership units - as new agencies or as special cells within a cross-sectoral ministry such as finance or planning. Making the right choices on what roles such units play, where they are located, and how conflicts of interest are managed is critical in their success. This paper reviews the experience.
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“Harris, Clive; Dutz, Mark; Dhingra, Inderbir; Shugart, Chris. 2006. Public-Private Partnership Units : What Are They, and What Do They Do?. Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 311. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11175 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”
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