Handshake, No. 16 (June 2015) : A Public-Private Partnerships Journal
The latest issue of Handshake, focused on public-private partnerships in the Innovation. “An age of constant invention naturally begets one of constant failure,”the New York Times Magazine declared in a recent story called “Welcometo the Failure Ag...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26379309/handshake-ifcs-quarterly-journal-public-private-partnerships-16 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24703 |
| Summary: | The latest issue of Handshake, focused
on public-private partnerships in the Innovation. “An age of
constant invention naturally begets one of constant
failure,”the New York Times Magazine declared in a recent
story called “Welcometo the Failure Age.” Its core
premise—that innovation is inextricably linked with
failure—may be a fresh insight for the high-tech era, but
has long been understood by those who work in
infrastructure. To state the obvious:for those of us in
infrastructure PPPs, failure is not a novel
concept.Innovation is. The interplay between the two, with
attention to the iterativelearning that is necessary to
morph missteps into course corrections. Once the seeds of
those ideas are planted, innovation has already begun to
germinate. This issue includes the following headings:
inside Korea’s PPP unit reinvigorating the regional economy;
innovating at scale less early adoption,more global
adaptation; The politics of PPP barcelona partnership
energizes urban center; redefining failure and success why
the “Brilliant Mistake” matters; course corrections small
changes that create better outcomes; reviving the reliance
rail PPP turning around a difficult project; protecting your
PPP stabilizing partnerships in uncertain times; PPP insider
Korea’s PPP unit creates institutional memory; from lessons
to principles The public governance of PPPs; money talks
debunking the myth of the “quick and easy” PPP; inside
infrastructure powering rural Africa; One question eight
experts discuss how PPPscan absorb common mistakes; master
class preventing renegotiation, fostering efficiency; What
the rest of the world is saying about PPPs. |
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