How to Engage with the Private Sector in Public-Private Partnerships in Emerging Markets

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ISBN: 978-0-8213-7863-2
eISBN: 978-0-8213-8552-4
DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-7863-2
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Farquharson, Edward, 1962–
How to engage with the private sector in public-private partnerships in emerging markets /
Edward Farquharson, Clemencia Torres de Mästle, and E.R. Yescombe ; with Javier Encinas.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8213-7863-2 — ISBN 978-0-8213-8552-4 (electronic)

1. Public-private sector cooperation. 2. Infrastructure (Economics)—Finance. 3. Public
   works—Finance. I. Torres de Mästle, Clemencia, 1962– II. Yescombe, E. R. III. Title.
   HD3871.F37 2010
   352.2’9—dc22
   2010044905
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