Abstract: I. National Context 1. Introducing the national context for PPPs - elements and dimensions Koen Verhoest, Martijn Van den Hurk, Nunzia Carbonara, Veiko Lember, Ole Helby Petersen, Walter Scherrer and Murwantara Soecipto 2. Diverging or converging PPP policies, regulations and supporting arrangements? A comparative analysis of twenty European countries Murwantara Soecipto, Koen Verhoest, Walter Scherrer and Ole Helby Petersen 3. Finding an institutional evolutionary maturity concept: an exploratory analysis for European experience in PPPs Matheus Oliveira, Joana Costa, Joana Ribeiro and Rosario Macario 4. Transport PPPs east of Elbe: destined to succeed or doomed to fail? Petr Witz, Pekka Leviakangas and Agnieszka Lukasiewicz 5. National contexts for PPPs in Europe: conclusions and policy recommendations Koen Verhoest, Ole Helby Petersen, Walter Scherrer, Murwantara Soecipto, Veiko Lember, Pekka Leviakangas, Martijn Van den Hurk, Tom Willems, Petr Witz and Robert Agren II. Decision Models 6. Decision Models in Public Private Partnerships: Introduction Nunzia Carbonara 7. Improving PPP decision-making processes: A Decision Support framework Nunzia Carbonara, Sergio Domingues, Louis Gunnigan, Aristeidis Pantelias, Roberta Pellegrino and Thierry Vanelslander 8. Design the Tendering Process in PPPs: A Transaction Cost-based Approach Nunzia Carbonara, Nicola Costantino and Roberta Pellegrino 9. Bonds and Derivatives as Financing and Risk Management Instruments in PPPs Theodore Syriopoulos 10. Decision Models in Public Private Partnerships: Conclusions, future research and policy recommendations Nunzia Carbonara III. Performance 11. Performance Monitoring and Assessment: Introduction Champika Liyanage 12. Main challenges in PPP's for Port development Thierry Vanelslander and Sheila Farrell 13. Critical Success Factors in Different Stages of Delivery in PPP transport Infrastructure Projects Johannes T. Voordijk, Champika Lasanthi Liyanage and Alenka Temeljotov-Salaj 14. Cross Country Analysis of PPP: The Case of Urban Light Rail Projects Joana Ribeiro, Rui Couchinho, Rosario Macario and Champika Liyanage 15. Measuring Success in PPP Road Projects in Europe: A Performance Measurement System (PMS) Champika Lasanthi Liyanage, Felix Villalba Romero and Stanley Njuangang 16. Performance monitoring and assessment: Conclusions, Future Research and Policy Recommendations Champika Lasanthi Liyanage IV. Efficiency 17. Efficiency in Transport PPPs: An Introduction Aristeidis Pantelias 18. Multinational Comparison of the Tension between Standards and Context in Public-Private Partnerships Geert Dewulf, Michael J. Garvin and Colin Duffield 19. The Transport PPP Market: Strategic Investors Ancor Suarez-Aleman, Athena Roumboutsos and Nunzia Carbonara 20. A Methodological Framework for the Credit Assessment of Transport Infrastructure Projects Athena Roumboutsos, Aristeidis Pantelias and Emmanouil Sfakianakis 21. Efficiency in Transport PPPs: Conclusions, future research and policy recommendations Aristeidis Pantelias and Athena Roumboutsos