tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post8168219382503698492..comments2024-03-27T15:57:09.192+05:30Comments on Urbanomics: PPPs and Value for Money?Urbanomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16956198290294771298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-15752450638689710962018-02-20T08:39:03.348+05:302018-02-20T08:39:03.348+05:30A great summary, Gulzar.
You should link this to...A great summary, Gulzar. <br /><br />You should link this to the post on corporate ethics in India. What is the difference? May be, one is too sophisticated and one is not. But, does that matter to the outcomes?<br /><br />You might also want to link this post to the NYT page link you had given in your 'Weekend Reading Links':<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/series/private-equity-bottom-line-nation<br /><br />You had suggested this to the World Bank President Kim. But, it also is a suggestion to governments.<br /><br />But, now, let us go philosophical.<br /><br />How do we solve this? If governments are captured, how do you expect the government to extricate itself out of it? It is now powerless. Ex-ante, it had. Now, it does not. It is captured.<br /><br />The only way is to wait for change agents to come when a crisis presents itself. Over time, the change agents are captured too and we wait for newer change agents! It is an unending struggle between power and people. <br /><br />Lot of permanent fodder for bloggers :-)<br /><br />Without a spiritual outlook and detachment on the part of the rulers - they minimise the risk and incidence of capture - the cycle of capture and releae and capture will be endless.<br /><br />Some change agents come with their own agendas.For example, is Trump draining the swamp? I doubt because he has just received a certificate from Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs. That says it all.<br /><br />Now, if and when he finally goes, after one term or two terms or whenever, the old elites will be back in the saddle - the elites who gave us financial de-regulation, Public-Private Partnerships, etc.<br /><br />But, amidst all this, some good have happened. Millions of Chinese workers have had better lives than they would have. Few millions of Indian software workers and their families benefited from globalisation. The Philippines and Mexico workers have benefited.<br /><br />So, amidst the capture, let us count the small blessings because 'WE (the World Economy) are like this only'.<br /><br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978858400004505965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5043138489010794057.post-60868102970878176592018-02-06T20:23:27.466+05:302018-02-06T20:23:27.466+05:30Gulzar,
Do you think there are lessons to be lear...Gulzar,<br /><br />Do you think there are lessons to be learnt from this PPP evidence, that are relevant to "insurance model of tertiary health care" (public funded but service delivery by private players) in the Indian context?<br /><br />If the decision of public vs. insurance model of health care is a matter of comparison between the capacity to run public hospitals vs. capacity to regulate private players... are we stuck in a trap where we don't have either of these capacities? In this context, which capacity is easier to build from the current state?Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788636488820902150noreply@blogger.com