Why should governments turn to the private sector to help perform services they have traditionally handled themselves?
Public-private partnerships have been in existence since long before the Revolutionary War. In 1652, the Water Works Company of Boston was the first private firm in America to provide drinking water to citizens. Today, creative government leaders develop partnerships with private contractors to provide essential services to meet environmental compliance requirements and improve operations, without having to increase taxes upon their constituencies. Also, governments realize that the combined capital and intellectual resources of the public- and private-sectors can result in better, more efficient services.
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