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public investment  

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  • Public investment is investment by the state, whether through central or local government, or state-owned industries or corporations, in particular assets. Public investment has arisen historically from state ownership, control and delivery of goods, and infrastructure or services, whose provision has been deemed to be of vital national interest. [Source: Encyclopedia of Governance; Public Investment]

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