events in the building industry in nigeria in the last decade show the important role the private sector played in housingfinance. with the advent of the public-private partnership concept in almost every sector of the socio-economic spheresof the nation, the role of the private sector in housing finance cannot be over-emphasized. this paper clearly states thatthe low-income public servants do ...

Private hospitals are an essential component of Australia's complex mix of public and private health funding and provision. Private hospitals account for 34.3 per cent of all hospital separations, and over half (56.2%) of all same-day separations. The revenue (funding) of the sector approached $4 billion by 1998/99, and as a result of its recent rapid growth capital expenditure in the sector wa...

Large amount of geospatial data are now available from public and private organizations in vector data formats. Users of these geospatial data usually require the data that are gathered from different sources to be integrated and fused for knowledge discovery. A vital step for fusion of the geospatial datasets is to identify the matched features among the datasets. There have been several effor...

Making universal access to sexual and reproductive health care a reality, thus building momentum for comprehensive family planning by 2030, is key achieving sustainable development goals. However, in the last decade, India has been retreating from progress achieved planning. Family large country such as critical developmental Against this backdrop, paper investigated question of how far welfare...

Public hospitals that are directly managed by government perform poorly in many developing countries. Approaches to improving them through internal managerial reforms have failed, and effective alternatives are much needed. Policymakers are considering reforms through public-private partnerships (PPPs)--a promising but so far unevaluated approach. We present results of a successful reform in Sã...