Keston Institute for Infrastructure

Welcome to the Keston Institute

The Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy seeks to actively address the economic policy, financial, demographic and other dimensions of public infrastructure development in California.

The Institute's purpose is the identification, research and dissemination of the most imaginative infrastructure strategies for the range of infrastructure challenges facing California as we enter the 21st century. Specifically:

We undertake research, outreach and educational activities to further understanding and awareness of infrastructure challenges.
We assist with policy prescriptions for public infrastructure development.
We compile, evaluate and disseminate data and research pertaining to California Infrastructure trends, mechanisms and implications for investment spending.

The Institute will focus on topics of transportation, water, power, environment and related municipal public works projects in the first years of operation and may be expanded at the discretion of the Institute's leadership.

IN THE NEWS EVENTS

Feedback: Putting A Price on Water Monday, July 7, 2008 By Richard G. Little, Business Week (News link) It Costs Real Money To Run Municipal Water Systems - Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal Sunday, June 27, 2008 By Richard G. Little (News link) Richard G. Little: Give state’s transportation the help it needs Monday, June 9, 2008 By Richard G. Little - Special to The Bee; sacbee.com A Tough Road for Truckers Sunday, June 1, 2008 By Lara L. Sowinski, World Trade Magazine Floating some ideas about water - Letters to the Editor Wednesday, May 21, 2008 By Richard G. Little
The Proposed California Transportation Finance Authority: An Analysis of AB 3021 Tuesday, May 20, 2008 By Louise Nelson Dyble, Ph.D. Associate Director for Research, Keston Institute Statement of Richard G. Little, AICP, Director, The Keston Institute for Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy, USC, before the California Assembly Select Committee on Rail Transportation Thursday, April 3, 2008
WHAT'S NEW Negotiating and Implementing Private Participation in Infrastructure: What the U.S. Cam 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 Agenda Press Release: Government Officials, Practitioners and Academics Gathered Together at a Conference in Sacramento to Discuss California's Infrastructure Crisis 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.	RECENTLY HELD 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: PPPs and Innovative Transportation Finance The Risks and Rewards of Private Equity in Infrastructure Protecting the Public Interest: The Role of Long-Term Concession Agreements for Providing Transportation Infrastructure PPPs: What Governments Should Do (Mostly to Themselves) The State of the Practice of Value for Money (VfM) Analysis in Comparing PPPs to Traditional Procurements 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"

Feedback: Putting A Price on Water

It Costs Real Money To Run Municipal Water Systems - Letter to the Editor, Wall Street Journal

Richard G. Little: Give state’s transportation the help it needs