卡内基美隆大学

Both developed and developing nations face serious challenges with the financing, construction and operation of public infrastructure.

For developed nations, governments with highly constrained budgets find themselves barely able to meet the day-to-day demands of providing health, education, justice and other services. For many, creating major new infrastructure is becoming a distant dream.

The challenge for the developing world is even more acute. There is ample evidence that the impact of each dollar spent on infrastructure delivers greater outcomes for their economies than investment of the corresponding dollar in developed economies. Just as importantly, this investment also creates important social outcomes by giving the poor better to access markets which, in turn, assists with their ability to acquire productive skills. However, developing country governments wanting to make the large and lumpy financial commitments demanded by infrastructure find their budgets even more constrained than developed countries.

For these reasons, governments are looking increasingly for solutions involving private sector expertise, innovation and finance. The flagship solution is public private partnerships, though there are other options as well.

CRICOS code for 12-Month and 21-Month Tracks: A and B.

Degree Structure
12-Month Track

The program comprises 168 units.

Full-time students complete the program over three study periods (12 months). Part-time students have up to five years to complete their program, however most complete the program in two to three years.

For successful completion, you must complete the requisite coursework and achieve a cumulative quality point average (QPA) of at least 3.0.

21-Month Track

The program comprises 198 units and 400 hours (approximately 10 - 12 weeks) of internship.

Full-time students complete the program over five study periods (21 months).

For successful completion, you must complete the requisite coursework and internship components and achieve a cumulative quality point average (QPA) of at least 3.0.

Learning outcomes

Students who complete this course will be able to:

• Identify the critical success factors for scoping and evaluating public infrastructure requiring private sector involvement
• Develop a deep understanding of the common elements in the design of failed public private partnerships
• Understand the specific demands placed on both public and private sector executives charged with managing such projects successfully
• Acquire techniques for managing the political environment in which such projects are conceptualized and developed
• Become familiar with the techniques of public finance and recent innovations in that area
• Understand and apply contemporary approaches to corruption eradication
• Appreciate the role of regulators and the approaches regulators need to use to achieve superior outcomes
• Use effective communication techniques necessary to explain complex projects to a variety of stakeholders.