4.11

• what is private investment?


  funds invested into projects by individuals, businesses or other non-governmental companies
• what is public investment?

  funds allocated by governments (national or local) into projects that serve public interests or provide public goods and services
• what is public-private investment?

  collaborative arrangements between governments and private sector organisations to finance, develop and manage projects
• who are the players in public investment?

  government officials

  MPs

  regional or local councils
• who are players in public-private investment?

  both sets of players

  for example a partnership between the government and property developers

  the government hand over the land and financial grants while the property developers ensured that regeneration would create economic growth, jobs, and houses
• who are the players in private investment?

  company directors

  employees

  shareholders
• what affects perception of success or failure of a project?


  media coverage

  age

  ethnicity

  gender

  personal experience of change

  personal perceptions and attachments to an area

  stance towards development and change