Innovations in Financing Public Services: Country Case Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Innovative Public Finance: Definition, Practice and Context....Pages 1-13
Beyond PFI: Procurement of Public Sector Infrastructure and the Evolving Plurality of Methods in the UK....Pages 14-37
Innovations in Private Sector Provision of Infrastructure in South Korea....Pages 38-58
The Distinctive Financing of Road Infrastructures in Spain: Evolution and Innovation....Pages 59-86
Public-Private Partnerships in Slovenia: Reverse Financial Innovations Enhancing the Public Role....Pages 87-113
Local Government Funding Agencies: Lessons from Success and Failure....Pages 114-134
Innovation in Local Government Risk Financing: Lessons from the UK and Nordic Experiences....Pages 135-159
Innovations in Financing Higher Education in Slovakia....Pages 160-183
Innovation in the Turkish Budgetary System: Recent Developments in Public Governance....Pages 184-202
Co-Payments: Innovations in the Balance between Public and Private Finance....Pages 203-227
Vouchers as Innovative Funding of Public Services....Pages 228-252
Public Service Vouchers in the UK and Finland....Pages 253-274
Back Matter....Pages 275-292