Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach

Tolled highways in Malaysia are built under the public-private approach in which the government provides the opportunities for the involvement of the private sector in the construction of these infrastructures. Using a political economy approach, this paper seeks to identify the main concession hold...

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Main Author: Ervina Alfan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2012-12-01
Series:Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives
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Online Access:https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/AJAP/article/view/3679
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description Tolled highways in Malaysia are built under the public-private approach in which the government provides the opportunities for the involvement of the private sector in the construction of these infrastructures. Using a political economy approach, this paper seeks to identify the main concession holders of the Malaysian tolled highways and ascertain in what way the tolled highways influence the political and economic arenas. This paper finds that the tolled highways in Malaysia play a significant role in achieving the country’s economic objectives.
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spelling doaj.art-b612bd43106a4ec39af8679243c3da802022-12-21T23:22:04ZengUniversiti MalayaAsian Journal of Accounting Perspectives2672-72930128-03842012-12-0151Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy ApproachErvina Alfan0Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of MalayaTolled highways in Malaysia are built under the public-private approach in which the government provides the opportunities for the involvement of the private sector in the construction of these infrastructures. Using a political economy approach, this paper seeks to identify the main concession holders of the Malaysian tolled highways and ascertain in what way the tolled highways influence the political and economic arenas. This paper finds that the tolled highways in Malaysia play a significant role in achieving the country’s economic objectives.https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/AJAP/article/view/3679political economy approachtolled highways
spellingShingle Ervina Alfan
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach
Asian Journal of Accounting Perspectives
political economy approach
tolled highways
title Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach
title_full Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach
title_fullStr Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach
title_full_unstemmed Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach
title_short Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects for Malaysian Tolled Highways – An Insight using a Political Economy Approach
title_sort public private partnership ppp projects for malaysian tolled highways a€ an insight using a political economy approach
topic political economy approach
tolled highways
url https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/AJAP/article/view/3679
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