Bond insurance in another guise
Wednesday,May 6, 2009
Richard G. Little, Letters to the Editor, FT.com
Hi-Speed Rail Is an Answer If Standards Are Right
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Richard G. Little, Letters to the Editor, Wall Street Journal (News link)
Little Speaks at Asia Infrastructure Summit
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Christy Lytal
Appearing on a panel at the Financial Times’ Asia Infrastructure Summit, Richard Little, director of the USC Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy, addressed the question of whether private investment in infrastructure could be Asia’s highway to economic growth. http//uscnews.usc.edu/politics_society/little-speaks_at_asia_infrastructure_summit.html
Friday, April 10, 2009
Richard G. Little, Letters to the Editor, Sacramento Bee (sacbee.com)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Richard G. Little, Letters to the Editor, Financial Times (ft.com)
Tuesay, April 7, 2009
On March 24, the State of California sold $6.5 billion of general obligation (GO) bonds. This was the State’s first GO sale in more than nine months. Although the State usually sells GO bonds five to six times a year, budget problems and the delay in addressing them had kept the State out of the market. The enactment of the February 20 budget set the stage for the new bond issue, but the budget and the bond sale do not entirely resolve the circumstances that have created cash pressures on the State and forced the suspension of spending on thousands of capital projects.
NEW PUBLICATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
By Louise Nelson Dyble
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Drawing on previously unavailable archives, Paying the Toll describes the high-stakes struggles for control of the Golden Gate Bridge, and offers a rare inside look at the powerful and secretive agency that built a regional transportation empire with its toll revenue. Read More:
Monday, February 2, 2009
Richard G. Little, Letters to the Editor, Wall St. Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123353343558737319.html
Monday, January 26, 2009
In a report commissioned by America 2050, a national initiative to meet the infrastructure, economic development, and environmental challenges the nation will face by the year 2050, Keston Institute director Richard Little has proposed a novel approach to funding a comprehensive reinvestment in the infrastructure of the United States. The core idea of the proposal is to utilize a combination of public and institutional pension funds and individual retirement accounts together with Social Security Trust Funds, to provide equity and debt shares to fund public works projects.
More information about America 2050 may be found at: http://www.america2050.org
Schwarzenegger Asks Obama for Public Works Investment: KQED Radio News | KQED Public Media for Northern CAGuests: Richard Little, director of the Keston Institute for Public Finance at the University of Southern California
http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R812021730
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008
Dr. Louise Nelson Dyble, associate director for research at the Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy at the University of Southern California (USC), recently received the American Public Works Association (APWA) Michael Robinson Award.
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November 12, 2008
The 2006 Infrastructure Bonds: Assessing Performance & Progress
8:30AM - 12:00PM
The Board Room of USC's Davidson Center
FREE with RSVP
On November 7, 2006 California voters approved over $42 Billion in General Obligation Bonds to fund transportation, flood control, school construction, housing, and water supply protection. During the ensuing two years,
projects have been identified and prioritized, funds have been allocated, bonds have been sold, and some projects are under contract. This forum will bring together representatives of major program agencies to discuss how the bonds are being used and the impact of the current financial situation on debt-funded capital construction.
Deputy State Treasurer Paul Rosenstiel will be joined by John Barna, Executive Director of California Transportation Committee; Lynn Jacobs, Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development; and Sue Sims, Chief Deputy Director of California Department of Water Resources as they discuss on-going work on the infrastructure bond program. Carole D’Elia, Deputy Executive Director of the Little Hoover Commission will discuss the Commission’s efforts to assess whether on-going oversight of the bond program is adequate and whether additional opportunities exist to improve oversight.
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WHAT'S NEW
Negotiating and Implementing Private Participation in Infrastructure: What the U.S. Can Learn from the World Bank
May 2008 (PDF)
Richard G. Little, AICP
- Abstract
- World Bank Presentation
The Problem of Being Special: Special Assessment Districts and the Financing of Infrastructure in California
May 21, 2008 (PDF)
Vladimir Kogan and Mathew D.McCubbins
Paying For Tomorrow's Infrastructure: Options
and Strategies for Sustainable Financing
Options and Opportunities:
New Management Paradigms for Balboa Park
December 2007. (PDF)
By Richard G. Little, Louise Nelson Dyble, and Tamara Gishri
Financial Planning Charrette:
710/210 Tunnel Connection
December 5, 2007. (PDF)
By Louise Nelson Dyble
The Future of Infrastructure Finance
Podcast - December 2007.
Where is infrastructure in the United States headed?
With the Minnesota bridge collapse and other recent
infrastructure failures, the topic has been on the minds
of many Americans.
In this Podcast, we address this issue by taking a closer look at Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Dr. Richard Little, Editor of Public Works Management & Policy sits down with former treasurer of California, Kathleen Brown, to discuss her commentary on PPPs in Volume 12, Issue 1. Plus, an alternate view from Dr. John C. Morris of Old Dominion University in Virginia. |
PRIOR EVENTS
March 28, 2008
Lessons Learned from Public Private Partnerships for Infrastructure
A one day workshop, held at USC's Davidson Center, to examine Public Private Partnerships for infrastructure as a means of informing the structure of future case study research and process improvement.
Conference Announcement
Conference Program
Conference Power Point Presentations:
March 13, 2008
Permanent Source Meeting
Please join the Department of Housing and Community Development in their efforts to develop an ongoing source or sources of funding to create affordable housing opportunities for California’s workforce, our neediest families and individuals.
March 6, 2008
Paying For Tomorrow's Infrastructure: Options and Strategies for Sustainable Financing
One day conference held at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento, CA
Conference Material (see bottom of page)
February 12, 2008
Special Lecture at USC's Ralph & Goldy Lewis Hall
Joel A. Tarr "Implementing Tomorrow's Technologies: Lessons Learned from the Evolution of Infrastructure" |
