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The paper deals with the actual situation in Latvia concerning the transport terminal establishment. It presents the theoretical base of the terminal establishment, i. e. transport infrastructure survey, transportation analysis. Location is a key factor for all the transport operators whose main activity is moving freight from one place to another one using different modes of transport. Reduction of the delivery time is one of the elements that could make the important difference when a transport operator is being chosen. That is why transport terminal must be located in hub points of transport and distribution activities. Decisions on terminal placing are extremely important, as they influence indicators of its activity for many years. The method of nonlinear programming for the decision of a problem of an optimal location transport terminal in Latvia is offered in this work. Basic difference of the given method consists in use of nonlinear criterion function in which except distances to the client points connected with the terminal, specific features of a transport infrastructure are considered. For a finding of coordinates of an optimal location of the transport terminal in Latvia is used gradient method. The evaluation of locations for establishment of terminals in Latvia is presented. These terminals will be the first transport terminals in Latvia established according to contemporary requirements and will provide necessary co-operation with big trading companies and other terminals in and out Europe and Russia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are new in Russia and represent project implementation in progress. The government is actively pursuing PPP deployment in sectors such as transportation and urban infrastructure, and at all levels including federal, regional and especially local. Despite the lack of pertinent laws and regulations, the PPP public policy quickly transforms into a policy paradigm that provides simplified concepts and solutions and intensifies partnership development. The article delineates an emerging model of Russia's PPP policy paradigm, whose structure includes the shared understanding of the need for long-term collaboration between the public sector and business, a changing set of government responsibilities that imply an increasing private provision of public services, and new institutional capacities. This article critically appraises the principal dynamics that contribute to an emerging PPP policy paradigm, namely the broad government treatment of the meaning of a partnership and of a contractual PPP; a liberal PPP approval process that lacks clear guidelines and consistency across regions; excessive emphasis on positive PPP externalities and neglect of drawbacks; and unjustifiably extensive government financial support to PPPs. Whilst a paradigm appears to be useful specifically for the policy purpose of PPP expansion, it may also mask inefficiencies such as higher prices of public services and greater government risks. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]