✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Partners for a Competitive Workforce is a collective impact initiative in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on ensuring that employers have the talent they need to compete, and people have the skills they need to get good jobs to advance their
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Shape Up Somerville is a city-wide collective impact campaign to reduce obesity and promote health in the city of Somerville, Massachusetts. A resource for collective impact backbone organizations, funders, and partners, this case study provides an overview of the
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “The New York State juvenile justice system has made measurable and significant improvements in community safety, coordination, data-driven decision-making, and outcomes for youth ages 7 to 15. Learn how the collective impact approach was used to transform the system
“Managed lane projects have become an important tool for addressing congestion on the nation’s highway system. These projects incorporate the construction of new highways or converting existing lanes to enhance traffic management. Historically, these projects have been developed by public sector entities using design-bid-build procurement.
“Government at all levels faces a dual-edge sword of long-term fiscal sustainability challenges that will not be easily remedied and unmet resource demands. Included is replacing decaying roads and bridges, tackling broader infrastructure needs, and making system and operational investments. The United States (U.S.) is
“Government faces daunting fiscal challenges, requiring significant action to address an unsustainable long-term fiscal framework. Fiscal sustainability issues are of such magnitude that government is more fully exploring a range of financing and cost-cutting initiatives, including expanded partnerships with the private sector to support major investments
“Public-private partnerships, or P3s, have nearly a quarter-century track record of delivering infrastructure and services for public sector agencies worldwide. … [S]ome of the most interesting applications have been in the defense sector, where the United Kingdom in particular has blazed a trail with almost
This report discusses key criteria, derived through an examination of four case studies, which should be used to determine whether a PPP is the appropriate procurement vehicle for a given project. Policy makers need to ask the following questions: Is the PPP project conceived to provide
This short report discusses the opportunity presented by Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) as a funding mechanism for major infrastructure projects. “In recent years, private investors have expressed interest in adding infrastructure assets to their investment portfolios. In general, private investments are often made via
“State leaders find themselves with insufficient resources to meet the [infrastructure] challenges they face,” write the authors of this report. “Given government restrictions on tax-exempt bonds and the political difficulty of raising taxes to secure new revenue in the current economic climate, a viable option