Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Olga Kaganova, James McKellar, and George Peterson -- Federal asset management in Australia / Francis Conway -- The management framework for real property-government of Canada / James McKellar -- New Zealand : state real property asset management / Peter Dow [and others] -- State real property asset management in France / Bernard Bizet -- A "composite image" of central government asset management reforms / Francis Conway, Olga Kaganova, and James McKellar -- Governments as balance sheet entities / George Peterson -- U.S. cities : an entrepreneurial approach to municipal real estate asset management / John Hentschel and Marilee Utter -- Real property management in the Swiss communes / Bernard Dafflon -- Public real estate management in Germany : an empirical study / Karl-Werner Schulte and Christian Ecke -- A need for guidance in countries with emerging markets / Olga Kaganova -- Implementing municipal asset management reform in countries with emerging markets : lessons learned / Olga Kaganova and Charles Undeland -- Information systems on public property : Canada and beyond / Alan Jowett -- Alternative delivery models : the special purpose corporation in Canada / James McKellar -- Current generation of property-related public-private partnerships / Olga Kaganova and Sarah Polen -- Conclusion: Sharing experiences-what we do and do not know / Olga Kaganova and James McKellar.