01657cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004004 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451863376 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Sadka, Efraim. Public-Private Partnerships : A Public Economics Perspective / Efraim Sadka. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Public-private partnerships (PPPs) involve the supply by the private sector of infrastructure and services deriving from infrastructure assets which have traditionally been supplied by the public sector. PPPs are spreading all over the world. It may be quite plausible that such arrangements were initially an attempt to evade expenditure controls and hide public budget deficits. But if they are properly designed and transparently reported, PPPs can enhance the efficiency of the provision of services that were formerly supplied solely by the public sector. This paper provides a public economics perspective on PPPs. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/077 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2006/077/001.2006.issue-077-en.xml IMF e-Library