Urban Transport: Can Public-Private Partnerships Work?

Department

The World Bank

Author

Eduardo Engel and Alexander Galetovic

Description

Cities exist, grow, and prosper because they take advantage of scale economies and specialization wrought by agglomeration. But output growth inevitably stresses transport infrastructure because production requires space and mobility. To prevent congestion from crowding out agglomeration benefits and to expand the supply of urban land, cities must invest in transport infrastructure.

Publication date

2014

Document type

Working Paper

Language(s)

English

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Categories: Transport, ICA Publications, Infrastructure Financing, Private Sector & Public-private Partnerships, Urbanisation