Private Initiatives in Infrastructure : Priorities, Incentives, and Performance

by Berg, Sanford V.; Pollitt, Michael G.; Tsuji, Masatsugu

• ISBN13: 9781843760009
• ISBN10: 1843760002
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	ix
List of contributors	xi
Introduction	1	(12)
Sanford V. Berg
Michael G. Pollitt
Masatsugu Tsuji
PART ONE JAPAN: PUBLIC--PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN TRANSITION
Infrastructure building in the Japanese telecommunications sector: From public--public to public--private partnership	13	(17)
Masatsugu Tsuji
The third sector's failure in Japan	30	(16)
Mitsuhiro Kagami
Regulatory reform of the electricity industry in Japan: An overview of the process	46	(21)
Toru Hattori
PART TWO UK AND INDIA: DECLINING ROLE OF THE STATE
The declining role of the state in infrastructure investments in the UK	67	(34)
Michael G. Pollitt
Private initiatives in the England and Wales electricity industry	101	(17)
Tanga McDaniel
Private financing initiatives in India's telecommunications sector	118	(22)
Sunil Mani
Private financing initiatives in India's electricity sector	140	(17)
Sunil Mani
PART THREE US AND EMERGING MARKETS: STAKEHOLDERS AND THE STATUS QUO
Public power: Perspectives in electricity restructuring	157	(15)
Salvador A. Martinez
Domestic and international environmental issues in restructuring electric industries	172	(17)
John Tschirhart
Infrastructure management: Applications to Latin America	189	(14)
Sanford V. Berg
Maria Luisa Corton
Institutions and telecommunications performance in Africa: Stability, governance, and incentives	203	(24)
Sanford V. Berg
Jacqueline Hamilton
Conclusion	227	(4)
Sanford V. Berg
Michael G. Pollitt
Masatsugu Tsuji
Index	231