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| | APEC Finance Ministers' Process |
 | | Finance Ministers called upon private financial sector leaders to identify issues regarding capital market development; strengthening private sector contracts; and to establish a more permanent private sector structure to provide advice to ministers. | | | Finance Ministers also tasked the AFG to prepare a report on the private sector's role in financial crises. | | | Finance Ministers agreed to extend this initiative for a further two years to 2002. |
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http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/trade/canada-apec/finance-en.asp
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| | Jubilee 2000 Policy: Canada |
| | Having firmly established with the Minister of Finance that we are seeking 100% debt remission for low-income countries we reject calls for a “new improved formula” for the HIPC Initiative as inadequate. | | | In an afternoon long meeting with the Finance Minister organized by the Halifax Initiative we presented our request for the total cancellation of bilateral and multilateral debts owed by the poorest countries. | | | Instead the court would bail these creditors `in' by allowing governments to invoke an Emergency Standstill Clause requiring that private creditors restructure their short-term credits over longer terms. |
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http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/jubilee2000/policy_papers/canada.html
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| | Untitled Document |
| | To push back the state and give more room to private initiative again also presupposes a certain degree of unselfishness among politicians. | | | Christian Watrin, Chaiman of the Hayek-Society, praised Douglas as the "Ludwig-Erhard of New Zealand." He put into action the Hayekian perception that only private property and freedom of contract are at the root of a society's success, in connection with competition in price-controlled markets. | | | Roger Douglas, former Minister of Finance of New Zealand, put forward this watchword at the Hayek-days of the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Society in Salzburg. |
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http://www.cne.org/pub_pdf/2002_06_18_horn.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Health NHS private sector links attacked |
| | In an article in the BMJ, Robert Lane, president of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain, and Alex Paton, a retired consultant from Oxfordshire, said that when Labour came to power it denounced the private finance initiative (PFI) which sought NHS funding outside the public sector. | | | Articles in two leading medical journals have criticised government use of the private sector to provide services and facilities for the NHS. | | | But by 2004 the private sector had spread to "virtually every organ of the health service", they added. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/health/4315224.stm
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| | CGLG05f. PFI (Private Finance Iniitiative) |
| | Baker, Brian, 2002, 'Swtiching on to PFI' (streetlighting and the private finance initiative), Surveyor 189 (5704), 7.11.02, pp16-18. | | | Blackwell, Martin, 1989, 'Funding the urban renaissance' (Private Finance Initiatives and Urban Renewal), Planning 1332, 20.8.99. | | | Kitson, Tony, 1995, 'Taking the initiative' (balance between planning and the Government's private finance initiative), Planning Week 3 (19), 11.5.95. |
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http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/sbe/planbiblios/bibs/cenloc/05a.html
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| | UNISON the public service union - PFI |
| | The report analyses the failings of the government's private finance initiative and public private partnerships, highlighting high profile contracts which have failed and PFI companies, such as Ballast which went into receivership. | | | The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is the most frequently used initiative. | | | Report released by UNISON proves that private finance initiative schemes do not out-perform public sector projects. |
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http://www.unison.org.uk/pfi/index.asp
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| | Private Finance Initiative - Unravelling PFI |
| | At present, the guidance on contracted out functions and private finance initiative deals is equivocal on the inclusion of such clauses in contracts. | | | It seems as if it is the fate of the private finance initiative to be reviewed, examined, fiddled with, tweaked and held up for public scrutiny by innumerable interested parties. | | | Last July, it said: 'The value of contracts awarded or pending award to the private sector (including those under the private finance initiative) is some £13bn. |
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http://www.accountancyage.com/articles/print/2019088
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| | Private finance initiative |
| | A second aspect of the private finance initiative involves the introduction of private sector disciplines to capital expenditure in the public sector. | | | The private finance initiative is a hopeless muddle created by the Treasury's attempt to evade its own, mostly sensible, rulebook. | | | Everyone is impatient about the slow progress of the government's private finance initiative. |
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http://www.johnkay.com/political/17
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| | PFI - Private Finance Initiative- Moray Schools |
| | This booklet injects a note of realism into the debate surrounding the private finance initiative as a means of funding new hospital buildings for the 21st century | | | Organisations have to take account of TUPE when entering into agreements over outsourcing, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), Private Finance Initiatives (PFIs), as well as buying and selling a business. | | | UNISON renewed its call for an independent review of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and whether it provides value for money, despite the Government publishing its own report into PFI. |
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http://www.morayunison.co.uk/PFI.htm
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| | British Medical Journal: Private finance initiative - Letter to the Editor |
| | With the private finance initiative these risks are reduced by transfer to the private sector, which is best able to deal with them. | | | Through the private finance initiative, the public purse pays for this over several years in revenue payments, but traditional procurement would have increased capital charges and rates. | | | So we are now faced with the unaffordable costs of the private finance initiative at the Royal London and the extra costs of keeping Barts open. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0999/is_7229_320/ai_59448781
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| | Private finance initiative (PFI) : The Department of Health - Procurement and proposals: Public private partnership |
| | Guidance notes issued by the private finance unit at DH which form part of an initiative to streamline the procurement of PFI schemes. | | | The private finance initiative (PFI) provides a way of funding major capital investments, without immediate recourse to the public purse. | | | The Private Finance Unit runs regular PFI Trust Forums at which both public and private sector bodies make presentations. |
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http://www.dh.gov.uk/ProcurementAndProposals/PublicPrivatePartnership/PrivateFinanceInitiative/fs/en
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| | SocietyGuardian.co.uk Society |
| | The private finance initiative is the main way of financing new public sector buildings. | | | Jul 19: Struggling private finance initiative contractor Jarvis is in advanced talks to sell its highway maintenance division. | | | Jul 26: Community workers have made a documentary about failure of a private finance initiative to refurbish five towerblocks. |
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http://society.guardian.co.uk/privatefinance
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| | Private Finance Initiative |
| | The government has warned IT companies involved in Private Finance Initiative partnerships that go wrong that they could be...... | | | The government's decision to stop funding future IT projects by the Private Finance Initiative could cause delays for new...... | | | Customs & Excise is to pay an extra £249m to Fujitsu Services in an extension of a Private Finance Initiative contract signed in...... |
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http://www.computerweekly.com/A-Z/Landing/1001/1030004/Page1.htm
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| | Private Finance Initiative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Private Finance Initiative was begun under the Conservative government of John Major in 1992. | | | The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method, developed initially by the United Kingdom government, to provide financial support for "Public-Private Partnerships" (PPPs) between the public and private sectors. | | | For example, a June 17 2005 leaked government report said that a new privately financed hospital in Leeds had "breached every section of the fire safety code". |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFI
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| | UNISON Scotland PFI |
| | PPP/PFI in Scotland, Private Finance Initiative/Public Private Partnerships, The Scottish Parliament's Finance Committee Inquiry, The UNISON Scotland Evidence | | | In a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) scheme the Outline Business Case does not include genuinely commercially sensitive information. | | | Initial UNISON Evidence to Local Government Committee Inquiry into Local Government Finance |
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http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/comms/pfi.html
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| | London Borough of Merton - Merton Secondary Schools PFI Project |
| | We sought to achieve this aim through the adoption of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project which permitted significant private sector capital investment at the six schools, combined with a long term contract for the upkeep of the school premises and delivery of key facility management services. | | | You are here: Home > Learning > Schools > Private Finance Initiative | | | To find out more about private finance partnerships in the Education sector visit the DfES website. |
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http://www.merton.gov.uk/learning/schools/schoolspfi.htm
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| | List Of United Kingdom-related Topics [Definition] |
| | Private Finance Initiative The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method by which the United Kingdom government provides financial support for "public private partnerships" known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) between the public and private sectors.... | | | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was formed on 1st January, 1801 from the merger of the Kingdom of Great Britain (itself a merger of the former Kingdoms of Scotland and England in 1707) and the Kingdom of Ireland. | | | Demographics of the United Kingdom At the April 2001 census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194-- the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and metropolitan France) and the 21st-largest in the world. |
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http://www.wikimirror.com/List_of_United_Kingdom-related_topics
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| | Scotsman.com News - Private Finance Initiative - Unison issues plea to voters in anti-PFI campaign |
| | Unison, which remains opposed to the controversial Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and other privately funded schemes for the running of public services, said yesterday it would be taking its message to politicians and the voters using a mixture of advertising and events. | | | THE biggest public sector union is to launch an £80,000 election campaign in which it will highlight its opposition to the use of private finance for the funding of public projects despite efforts by the Executive to meet its concerns over the issue. | | | In a major initiative, Andy Kerr, the minister for finance and public services, recently announced the signing of a protocol aimed at ensuring that future PPP deals will safeguard the wages and conditions of employees. |
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http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=571&id=1446452002
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| | TeacherNet, Schools Private Finance Initiative |
| | A wall map is now available, for the first time from the Department for Education and Skills, showing the extent of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects throughout the UK, in the schools sector. | | | Here on the Schools Private Finance Initiative area of TeacherNet you can find general information about the scheme, as well as publications and guidance and the | | | A draft of the first four parts of the DfES commissioned schools PFI Procurement Pack is now available from the Public Private Partnerships Programme (4Ps). |
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http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/schoolsprivatefinanceinitiative
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| | The private finance initiative is a 'free lunch' that could destroy the NHS |
| | He reports that the private finance initiative schemes are in fact costing much more than traditional public funding of capital developments and suggests that this extra cost is likely to be covered by an increase in private healthcare. | | | The private finance initiative is a 'free lunch' that could destroy the NHS | | | Dr Smith also raises concerns over the closed nature of the planning process of PFI schemes, whereby private companies are making decisions on, for example, the numbers of beds without adequate accountability. |
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1999-07/BMJ-Tpfi-020799.php
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| | PPPForum - Government |
| | Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in including estimates of the finance lease loan element of private finance initiative deals in public sector debt figures; and if he will make a statement. | | | Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the impact on public sector debt of the finance lease loan element of private finance initiative deals; and if he will make a statement. | | | Financial Secretary to the Treasury, John Healey: Ms Karen Dunnell, the National Statistician, told the Treasury Select Committee on 9 November 2005 that she hoped to complete the work in the summer of 2006. |
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http://www.pppforum.com/government/gov-ra171105.htm
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| | USAID: Private Enterprise Development |
| | The overriding intent of A.I.D.'s private enterprise policy is to promote the establishment of a climate conducive to LDC private sector activity; it is not intended primarily to finance the establishment of individual business entities per se. | | | A.I.D.'s private enterprise initiative is directed at the development of the LDC's private sector. | | | Therefore, the mere use of a U.S. private firm should not be construed to mean that the project is a private enterprise promotion project in the sense of meeting A.I.D.'s policy objectives. |
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http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/private_enterprise/pe_policy.html
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| | King's Fund - The Private Finance Initiative |
| | The Private Finance Initiative (PFI), used to fund the design and build of new health care buildings, has emerged as a major – and controversial – aspect of private sector involvement in the NHS. | | | The merits of using private finance for hospital building are less clear. | | | Access to public finance has been very limited, so suspicions remain that estimates of PFI scheme cost-savings reflect the enthusiasm of those who are promoting their schemes locally. |
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http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/news/briefings/the_private.html
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| | THE PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS |
| | The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is pleased to have been asked to provide evidence to the Finance Committee as part of the Scottish Parliament's enquiry into the Private Finance Initiative and Public Private Partnerships. | | | The UK government is, however, convinced that 'the private and voluntary sectors can play a role…[and] where use of them can improve public services, nothing should stand in the way of their use' (Tony Blair 16 October 2001). | | | Without this the private sector may have a significant advantage during the lengthy and complex procurement process. |
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http://www.accaglobal.com/technical/responses/archive/318449
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| | Public Private Partnerships & the Private Finance Initiative - PPP and PFI |
| | Public Private Partnerships and the Private Finance Initiative - PPP and PFI | | | HEFCE PFI introduction and the Private Finance Unit | | | Public Private Partnership Programme - 4Ps - Established to bring about increased investment in local authority services through PFI or other Public Private Partnerships. |
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http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk/lawscotland/ppp.html
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| | KFF - Press Release |
| | Due to the high level nature of each initiative, private sector sponsors are usually sort to finance each exchange in conjunction with the respective state authorities. | | | As an on-going private royal initiative, Painting and Patronage would like to initiate further cultural exchange programmes and are currently planning to broaden its activity within the coming years to include other European and North American nations. | | | It was created by its founding patron and son of His late Majesty King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, HRH Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, in partnership with the initiative’s founding chairman, Mr Anthony Bailey. |
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http://www.kff.com/english/topmenu/toplinks/EnglishPressReleases.html
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| | The Source Public Management Journal - Sir John Bourn |
| | Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office (NAO), told Parliament that the Prison Service had secured £1 million of the expected £10.7 million increase in returns to shareholders of Fazakerley Prison Services Limited, following the refinancing of the Fazakerley prison contract let under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). | | | Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, provided Parliament in August with a ground breaking report* explaining the National Audit OfficeÂs approach to examining the value for money of deals under the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). | | | From its creation in 1994 until April 1999, English Partnerships was responsible for working with public and private sector organisations to bring derelict, vacant and under-used land and buildings in England back into use. |
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http://www.sourceuk.net/columnists/johnbourn-articles.html
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| | Cyber_Bangladesh : Finance |
| | AIMS of Bangladesh, a pioneering initiative was undertaken by some enthusiastic local and expatriate Bangladeshis to organize and float the first Mutual Fund in Bangladesh under private initiative. | | | Industrial Promotion and Development Company (IPDC) of Bangladesh Limited is the first private sector development finance institution in the country. | | | Ministry of Finance, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. |
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http://www.cyberbangladesh.org/finance.html
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