Events

Friday, April 25th, 2008 / 10:00 am - Noon

The Future of Private Infrastructure

Speaker

José A. Gómez-Ibáñez

Derek C. Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Graduate School of Design Harvard University

Overview

Enthusiasm for the private provision of infrastructure – such as highways, railroads, electricity and water – seems to be waning among the developing countries just as it is increasing in the United States and Europe. To what extent was private provision of infrastructure successful in developing countries and what does their experience suggest for the future of private investment in the United States?

About the Speaker

José A. Gómez-Ibáñez is the Derek C. Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy at Harvard University, where he holds a joint appointment at the Graduate School of Design and the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He teaches courses in economics, infrastructure and transportation policy in both schools.

Professor Gómez-Ibáñez’ research interests are in transportation, infrastructure, and economic development, and he has authored or edited a half dozen books including: Regulating Infrastructure: Monopoly, Contracts and Discretion (Harvard University Press, 2003); Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy: A Handbook in Honor of John R. Meyer(with William Tye and Clifford Winston, Brookings Institution Press, 1999); Going Private: The International Experience with Transport Privatization (with John R. Meyer, Brookings Institution Press, 1993); Regulation for Revenue: The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions (with Alan Altshuler, Brookings Institution Press, 1993); Autos, Transit and Cities (with John R. Meyer, Harvard University Press, 1981); Cases in Microeconomics (with Joseph Kalt, Prentice-Hall, 1990).

At Harvard, Gómez-Ibáñez currently serves as the faculty co-chair (with Henry Lee) of the Infrastructure in a Market Economy executive program at the Kennedy School. In the past he has been the faculty chair of the Masters in Urban Planning Program at the Design School (2001-2004), of the Masters in Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School (1996-1998), of doctoral programs at the Design School (1992-1995), and of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Design School (1984-1988).

Time & Location

Baruch College Conference Center
151 E. 25th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY

9:30 am - Breakfast & registration
10:00 am - Seminar

Co-Sponsors

• CUNY Institute for Urban Systems
• NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• New Jersey Department Of Transportation

Documents

• Slideshow from the presentation
  © 2008 José A. Gómez-Ibáñez. Further use or publication requires consent of the author.

Event Video

This event was recorded. Please contact Ellen Thorson to order a copy.