A companion study of shared services in Australia by the Australian Institute for Social Research for the Public Service Association of South Australia. It draws out the lessons learnt by state government shared services programmes.

This article examines the major implications of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) for education, and the schools section in particular. It demonstrates how the PFI is linked to the marketisation of education, and examines the core elements of the PFI in order to create an understanding of its impact on education. It finishes with a…

The report questions the basis on which community benefits have been calculated, in particular the reduction in road accidents and crime reduction. It concludes that value for money is not proven because the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) option has been manipulated by the inclusion of over £16m of efficiency savings, PFI savings and risk costs…

By John Spoehr, Dexter Whitfield and John Quiggin for the Public Service Association of South Australia (2002). Discusses the basics, origins and rationale of PPPs, draws on the lessons from the British and Australian experience (55pp).

Public Management and Policy Association Newsletter, No.16, February 2002. This article addresses the absence of any serious public debate on the longer-term consequences of Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs) and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), outlining the huge problems and uncertainties which seem likely to materialise from such projects.

A detailed analysis of PFI including 25 reasons to oppose PPP/PFI projects and drawing on extracts from Public Services or Corporate Welfare: Rethinking the Nation State in the Global Economy by Dexter Whitfield (Pluto Press, 2001) 37 pages, June 2001.

The April 2006 issue of the *PFI Journal* contains an article by Dexter Whitfield which examines the potential impact of the Building Schools for the Future programme on education.

Somerset County Council and Taunton Deane District Council signed a £400m Strategic Service-delivery Partnership contract with IBM in September 2007. The Joint Venture Company, Southwest One, is the first SSP to have a framework agreement to enable other local authorities and public bodies to obtain services bypassing the procurement process. It is also the first…

A detailed study of the longer-term impact of changes in the design, structure and financing of PPP/PFI projects, external economic and political drivers such as growth of the secondary market and government modernisation policies, and the effect of economic, social and employment change. The report also examines PPP/PFI performance, democratic accountability and transparency, the impact…

A detailed study of the longer-term impact of changes in the design, structure and financing of PPP/PFI projects, external economic and political drivers such as growth of the secondary market and government modernisation policies, and the effect of economic, social and employment change. The report also examines PPP/PFI performance, democratic accountability and transparency, the impact…