With attention shifting from relief to recovery in Japan’s tsunami stricken regions, it’s clear that the government will need a lot of private sector support for years to come. Fortunately, PPP/PFI is a live option, and the government needs to embrace it more fully than ever if there is to be a better future.

The Public-Private Partnership model, when intelligently applied, can go a long way towards preventing corruption from disrupting public infrastructure projects – food for thought at a time when big public works projects are on government agendas around the world.

Republican gains in US elections are unlikely to slow momentum for an infrastructure revolution. The need is so great and the opportunities so huge that institutional investors, industry and the public at large simply won’t allow this moment to slip.

US mid-term elections are coming just when the worst of the cutbacks are being felt. Voters need to ask who really has the skills needed to engage the private sector with innovative P3 solutions before they decide whom to support.

South Africa has done a spectacular job preparing for the 2010 World Cup and beyond. Its success at getting the most from public-private partnerships in infrastructure will prove to be an enduring paradigm for developing countries around the world to follow

Dubai has been a regional laggard in using PPP to develop its infrastructure. It took a financial disaster to shake things up, but it’s good to see that the Dubai Chamber is now focusing minds on the opportunities that greater use of the model could bring.

When the ocean degrades, everyone loses – and that includes fishermen who lose their catch, ocean-side properties that lose their protection, and tourism operators who lose their tourists. The private sector, therefore, has much at stake – and should be scrambling for ways to head off disaster. That’s not happening, however. Is the problem the message – or the messenger?

Jarvis shamelessly exploited opportunities in early PFI to build its business, allowing its thirst for profits to take priority over its long-term public service commitments. No one should shed tears at its demise.

LONDON. March 12th 2010 — The hand-wringing over the failure to reach consensus on targets and timetables for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at December’s United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen may persist for some time to come.
But looking beyond the effort to reach a strong international agreement, the excitement that COP15 has generated among businesses [...]

LONDON – Despite all the shouting, the public private partnership (PPP) tasked with fixing much of the London Underground is clearly delivering the goods. It’s been a messy, rancorous and politically-charged experience, but seven years into the project, the record points to improved services and value for money.
The project was never going to be [...]