Introduction.- Chapter 1 PPP meanings and forms: A critical appraisal.- Chapter 2 Internal and external PPP drivers in Kazakhstan and Russia.- Chapter 3 Why Partnerships? The approaches in Kazakhstan and Russia.- Chapter 4 PPPs in Kazakhstan and Russia: The nature and scope of government involvement.- Chapter 5 Concessions: PPP path-finder.- Chapter 6 Partner interaction dynamics and PPP organisational forms.- Chapter 7 PPP risk management: Management of financial and revenue risks and an emergent guarantee culture in public-private partnerships in Kazakhstan and Russia.- Chapter 8 Case study: Legal and regulatory barriers to effective public-private partnership governance in Kazakhstan.- Chapter 9 Case study: How experiential learning facilitates the formation of a public-private partnership in Russia.- Chapter 10 The role of public-private partnerships in disaster risk management in infrastructure.- Chapter 11.- PPP contribution to sustainable development: Externalities.- Chapter 12 An emergent PPP policy paradigm.- Conclusion.