The article provides a review of literature, in particular, textbooks, monographs, books, practical guides with recommendations released in the past few years by Russian and foreign writers. This literature is dedicated to public-private partnership development (PPP). Publications discussed in the article may be useful to students studying this subject, to experts of PPP, and to those interested in processes of interaction between the state and private sector.

Highlights:

- The database of scientific publications RISC contains more than 20 000 different papers on PPP, but only about 30% of works really is up to the stated topics
- For students studying the PPP, there are useful textbooks and manuals by Varnav V.G., Kabashkin V.A., Ivanov O.V., Borshevsky G.A.
- Theoretical basics of PPP, industry partnerships and regional characteristics you may find in monographs by Mochalnikova V.N., Anokhin M.I., Alpatov A.A., Pushkin A.V. and Japaridze R.M.
- Legislative and regulatory base of PPP is being studied in monographs by Makhovikova G.A. and Efimova N.F.
- Experts and practitioners of PPP may consider the topic from the perspective of some practical aspects presented in monographs by Maksimov V.V., Silvestrov S.N., Nizhegorodtseva R.M., Nikitenko S.M., Goosen I.V., Zeldner A.G. and Smotritsky I.I.
- Complex systematic approach to PPP issues is presented in the foreign literature translated into Russian: monograph by Yeskomba E.R., Delmon D.
- Experts of the PPP Institute have made a large contribution to the research and development of methodical recommendations