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Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review
Author(s) -
Hodge Graeme A.,
Greve Carsten
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00736.x
Subject(s) - popularity , general partnership , confusion , public–private partnership , public relations , public administration , point (geometry) , private sector , political science , business , economic growth , economics , law , psychology , geometry , mathematics , psychoanalysis
Public–private partnerships are enjoying a global resurgence in popularity, but there is still much confusion around notions of partnership, what can be learned from our history with partnerships, and what is new about the partnership forms that are in vogue today. Looking at one particular family of public–private partnerships, the long‐term infrastructure contract, this article argues that evaluations thus far point to contradictory results regarding their effectiveness. Despite their continuing popularity with governments, greater care is needed to strengthen future evaluations and conduct such assessments away from the policy cheerleaders.