The advantages of using municipal bonds to finance urban infrastructure are increasingly
evident to policymakers in emerging economies, some of whom are undertaking efforts to …

Advocates of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure services in developing
countries have long battled criticism of these arrangements by civil society groups. The view …

South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Projects Procurement Program (REIPPPP)
has been hailed as one of the most successful programmes of its kind, contracting 92 …

The public authority has long been a controversial form of special purpose government.
Supporters promote them as examples of businesslike management. Critics claim that they are …

" This paper explores the South African experience of introducing grid-connected renewable
energy by seeking answers to a number of key questions: 1. Why and how did South Africa …

… Hackbart and James Leigland have served as co-project directors of a national survey of
state debt management policy, sponsored by the Council of State Governments. This article …

… corporations are classified as subordinate agencies, in spite of the fact that state
legislators have struggled for years to bring these entities under closer control (see Leigland …

Decentralization of the development budget process in Indonesia has been a high priority of
official reform efforts for over fifteen years, but in many respects the process remains highly …