Paper presented by Nicholas Gruen to the Gov 2.0 Summit, Washington DC, September 7-8, 2010. Nicholas discusses the concept of a new 'economics of abundance in which public goods are privately provided. He puts forward the point that Government 2.0 means nothing less than a new relationship between the public and private sector to achieve common goals.
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By Pia Rufino. FutureGov, 20 October 2010. "Public and private sector partnerships are needed to address the digital divide in Asia's emerging economies, according to government officials at the recent FutureGov Summit. During a panel discussion on bringing ICT to rural and remote regions, leading government officials from The Philippines, Canada and India said that alliances with the private sector would create more sustainable programmes, but that transparency was required in all project roll-outs..."
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by Ian Hawkesworth. OECD Directorate for Public Governance and Territorial Development. OECD Observer No 278 March 2010. "Governments may find publicprivate partnerships (PPPs) especially tempting in the aftermath of a financial crisis, but how can hasty choices be avoided?..."
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by Bram Klievink and Marijn Janssen. European Journal of ePractice, 31 October 2008. "... In this paper we investigate dis- and re-intermediation strategies in the multi-channel management (MCM) structures of government organizations and find that disintermediation is not always the best option. Intermediaries – public or private – can be employed to improve customer-oriented service delivery..."
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OECD, June 17, 2008. "The book identifies possible good practices for the public sector to maximise the potential for PPP projects and to ensure that they are used appropriately to maximum general interest. These practices involve: affordability; value for money; fiscal rules and expenditure limits; risk sharing; the need for competition and transparency; regulatory issues; adequate institutional capacity; the public sector comparator; and the importance of political support..."
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