Attracting private sector to PPP infrastructure projects
Interest in the public private partnerships (PPP) has increased in recent years as governments across the world look to alternative procurement methods to address their growing infrastructure gaps. It has been a recurring theme in the Government of Bangladesh's (GoB) five-year plan documents and has been touted to help in...
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Researcher-policy maker interaction
It is being generally alleged that researches hardly reach policy makers. It is thus no wonder to receive the allegation that research results barely see implementation. There are apparently two reasons at work from supply and demand side. On the one hand, there is the acute dearth of research results...
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Three keys to a new South Africa
Jacob Zuma has resigned as South Africa's president - an inevitable move, following the African National Congress' withdrawal of its support. Two decades after Nelson Mandela tried - and failed - to pass the presidency to Cyril Ramaphosa, the former deputy president and current ANC head has become South Africa's...
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