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Page-21 of Archives: December, 2014

Turnkey

A public agency contracts with a private investor/vendor to design and build a complete facility in accordance with specified performance standards and criteria agreed to between the agency...

December 23, 2014

Tax-exempt lease

Under a tax-exempt lease arrangement, a public partner finances capital assets or facilities by borrowing funds from a private investor or financial institution. The private partner generally acquires...

December 23, 2014

Design-Build-Operate

In a DBO project, a single contract is awarded for the design, construction, and operation of a capital improvement. Title to the facility remains with the public sector...

December 23, 2014

Operation Management and Maintenance (OMC) Contract

Operation and Maintenance Contract and Operation Management and Maintenance (OMC) contract are two different terms. Under Operation and Maintenance Contract, a public partner (central, state, or local government agency or authority)...

December 23, 2014

Build Operate Transfer

Under the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) option, the private partner builds a facility to the specifications agreed to by the public agency, operates the facility for a specified...

December 23, 2014

Build-Own-Operate

Under a Build-Own-Operate (BOO) transaction, the contractor constructs and operates a facility without transferring ownership to the public sector. Legal title to the facility remains in the private sector,...

December 23, 2014

Mahalanobis Model

In 1950s, an Old Russian Model was indianized by PC Mahalanobis, the founder of Indian Statistical Institute and a close aide of Pandit Nehru. This model is known...

December 22, 2014

The Lewis Two Sector Model of Development

This is one of the best-known early theoretical models of development that focused on the structural transformation of a primarily subsistence economy. In 1954, Sir Arthur Lewis wrote...

December 22, 2014

Harrod-Domar Growth Model

This model says that every economy must save a certain proportion of its national income, if only to replace worn-out or impaired capital goods (buildings, equipment, and materials)....

December 22, 2014

Rostow’s Stages of Growth model

The Rostow’s Stages of Growth model is one of the major historical models of economic growth. It was published by American economist Walt Whitman Rostow in 1960. The...

December 22, 2014

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