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The private finance initiative (PFI) is a way of creating " public–private partnerships " (PPPs) by funding public infrastructure projects with private capital. Developed initially by the Australian and United Kingdom governments, PFI and its variants have now been adopted in many countries as part of the wider neoliberal programme of privatisation and financialisation driven by an increased need for accountability and efficiency for public spending. [ 1 ] It has been used extensively in Australia , the United Kingdom and Spain . PFI has been controversial in the UK; the National Audit Office felt that it provided good value for money overall. [ 2 ] However more recently the Parliamentary Treasury Select Committee found that " "PFI should be brought on balance sheet.
