Infrastructure

Leasing the Pennsylvania Turnpike

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

In June 2007, the governor of Pennsylvania was negotiating with the states legislative leaders about his proposal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to private investors. Leasing public highways to private companies was unheard of in the United...

Fast Track Derailed: The 1997 Attempt to Renew Fast Track Legislation (Abridged)

Publication Date: August 31, 2007

In the United States, the president has the Constitutional authority to negotiate international trade agreements. But the Congress has the ultimate authority over trade. This arrangement blunts the negotiating power of the United States in trade...

"Same Bed, Different Dreams": The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (B)

Publication Date: March 13, 2007

In February 1994, top officials from China and Singapore signed a landmark partnership agreement to develop a massive new industrial park and residential community in the city of Suzhou in China. The ambitious project, modeled after Singapore's...

"Same Bed, Different Dreams": The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (A)

Publication Date: March 13, 2007

In February 1994, top officials from China and Singapore signed a landmark partnership agreement to develop a massive new industrial park and residential community in the city of Suzhou in China. The ambitious project, modeled after Singapore's...

Partnerships Victoria: The Public Sector Comparator

Publication Date: October 04, 2006

The government of the State of Victoria in Australia has been a pioneer in using the private sector to provide public infrastructure through "public-private partnerships" (PPPs). Under PPP programs the government contracts with a private company...

Financing the Theun-Hinboun Hydroelectric Project

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

How does a public-private venture emerge in one of the world's poorest countries (Laos) and how does it obtain $280 million in financing for a 215 MW hydroelectric facility to supply power--not to the host country, but its neighbor? At the time...

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board

Publication Date: February 21, 2006

This case discusses the efforts by the state of Andhra Pradesh and the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide water services to its poorest inhabitants--approximately 1.7 million people. Undermining this challenge is...

Brazil Electricity Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 2006

In May of 2001, the Brazilian government ordered all consumers to reduce their power use by 20 percent. This case traces the events and decisions that led to one of the most severe electricity crises in Latin American history. How does a country...

EDM (Energie du Mali)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

In the spring of 2005, the government of Mali was negotiating major changes in the concession of Energie du Mali (EDM), the private firm that operated Mali's electricity and water services. The negotiations were being watched anxiously by the...

The British Water Industry: Glas Cymru and the Debate over Nonprofits (B)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

This case, designed to be used either together with The British Water Industry (A): The Evolution of Price-Cap Regulation (1809.0) or separately, describes the controversies in the British water industry in 2002, 13 years after it was...

The British Water Industry: The Evolution of Price-Cap Regulation (A)

Publication Date: September 29, 2005

This case, designed to be used either together with The British Water Industry (B): Glas Cymru and the Debate over Nonprofits (1810.0) or separately, describes the controversies in the British water industry in 2002, 13 years after it was...

Aiding or Abetting? World Bank and the 1997 Judicial Reform Project (Epilogue)

Publication Date: March 31, 2005

When the World Bank signed an agreement with the government of Peru in December, 1997 to provide a $22.5 million loan to help reform the country's antiquated and corrupt judicial system, the Bank knew it faced risks. Peru's President Alberto...