00872pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001900040245004300059260000900102300001500111362001200126520052500138650003100663773004400694180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aGhose, Bhaskar  aRealism in public private partnerships  c2008  ap.431-435.  aJul-Sep  aIn the last few years government agencies have turned increasingly to the private sector to come in with them and undertake the provision of essential services like roads, airports ports, power and municipal services. This has stemmed from a realisation in the policy-making levels of government that it would not be practical to rely on public and state agencies alone in such activities. Such reliance in the previous decades has meant a very slow pace of growth, and, very often, work of a poor quality. - Reproduced.  aPublic private partnership  aIndian Journal of Public Administration