Innovations in Financing Public Services Country Case Studies

by Bailey, Stephen J.; Valkama, Pekka; Anttiroiko, Ari-Veikko

• ISBN13: 9780230241596
• ISBN10: 023024159X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book explores new forms of private, mutual municipal, public-private and "reverse" state funding of public investments, co-payments and shared contributions, vouchers, and pooled public risk-financing. It includes case studies taken from the Nordic countries, UK, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, Turkey and South Korea.

Author Biography

STEPHEN J. BAILEY is Professor of Public Sector Economics, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He has published many books and articles dealing with public finance. He has undertaken work for UK government departments and international organizations, and is currently researching local government charges for the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.
 
PEKKA VALKAMA is Head of Research at the University of Tampere, Finland. He has published in the field of local government economics and finance articles and reports about alternative ways to organize and fund public services. He is also an expert member of Finnish Market Court.
 
ARI-VEIKKO ANTTIROIKO is Adjunct Professor at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is an expert in local development policy, high-tech centre studies and e-government. He has published several articles and books on new trends in public governance, including comprehensive reference books on e-government.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Notes on Contributors	p. xii
Innovative Public Finance: Definition, Practice and Context	p. 1
Beyond PFI: Procurement of Public Sector Infrastructure and the Evolving Plurality of Methods in the UK	p. 14
Innovations in Private Sector Provision of Infrastructure in South Korea	p. 38
The Distinctive Financing of Road Infrastructures in Spain: Evolution and Innovation	p. 59
Public-Private Partnerships in Slovenia: Reverse Financial Innovations Enhancing the Public Role	p. 87
Local Government Funding Agencies: Lessons from Success and Failure	p. 114
Innovation in Local Government Risk Financing: Lessons from the UK and Nordic Experiences	p. 135
Innovations in Financing Higher Education in Slovakia	p. 160
Innovation in the Turkish Budgetary System: Recent Developments in Public Governance	p. 184
Co-Payments: Innovations in the Balance between Public and Private Finance	p. 203
Vouchers as Innovative Funding of Public Services	p. 228
Public Service Vouchers in the UK and Finland	p. 253
Index	p. 275
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