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Governments can't use public-private sector projects to offload all the risks, say industry players
Published Sun, Apr 24, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Singapore
PUBLIC-private sector partnerships (PPP) are a constant tussle of risk-splitting between governments and private-sector investors and lenders.
But governments have to be realistic, said industry players at a recent investor conference organised by Maybank. They said governments can try to offload as much risk as possible - but not to the extent that the project no longer makes commercial sense to the private sector.
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