10-5-11: Three Little Ps

When it comes to financing big infrastructure projects, public officials are looking more and more to the private sector.

We’ll hear from Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, who calls PPPs the “wave of the future,” and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, who’s chairing a commission on the oversight of these partnerships.

We’ll also get background from Richard Little, who directs the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the University of Southern California, and believes governments can find new efficiencies and cost reductions in public-private partnerships.