Identifying Project Management Practices and Principles for Public–Private Partnerships in Housing Projects: The Case of Tanzania

Neema Kavishe,Nicholas Chileshe

doi:10.3390/su10124609

Neema Kavishe, Nicholas Chileshe

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124609

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Journal: Sustainability	Publication Date: Dec 5, 2018
Citations: 8	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: Ardhi University, University of South Australia

Abstract

Despite the advocated benefits of Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) such as alleviating the housing problems within the developing countries, the PPP implementation process is fraught with several challenges; including project management (PM) related ones. Tanzania, like many developing countries, has higher PPP projects termination rates in comparison to the global average. This suggests a lack of effective PM practices and principles integration. To bridge that knowledge gap, this study applies the theoretical lenses of innovation diffusion theory (IDT) to identify the extent of integration of PM practices and principles during the implementation of PPPs in Tanzanian housing projects. A qualitative approach comprising 10 semi-structured interviews was conducted among PPP practitioners. Directed content analysis was employed for the analysis. Based on frequency of citations, 14 PPPs sustainable PM practices and principles for PPPs implementation are identified. The three most relevant practices and principles were: official and unofficial site visits, documenting the inspections, and site meetings. Assessing the actual work done against the schedule of works was identified as the prevalent project performance of PPP. The results are expected to further nurture an improved appreciation of the best integration PM practices and principles associated with successfully implementing PPPs in housing projects.

Highlights

This results and discussion section are divided in two main sections around the ‘identification of the PM practices and principles’ and emergent ‘project management themes’
It was deemed as important to identify the project management aspects such as monitoring, performance measures and operational issues for the private partnership (PPP) affordable housing scheme projects to tap in the Tanzanian experience
A qualitative approach, comprising a number of interviews which were semi-structured in nature was employed in this study aimed at identifying the extent of integration of PM practices and principles during the application of PPP-enabled housing projects in Tanzania

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Introduction

According to Abede [1], nearly half (50%) of the whole urban stock in Tanzania is composed of informal housing. Most developing countries like Tanzania, have failed to keep up with the growing population This problem is further exacerbated housing supply issues, and declining spending on in both private and public sector services. The implementation of these PPPs has been well thought-out and the best option to delivering housing as a public service [3,4,5,6,7] All these interventions are due to this widening gap in the supply of housing. Notwithstanding the implementation of PPPs in housing provision, the dominant difficulties remain unsolved One example of this is evident in the study by Romero [7] that observed that these challenges affect the delivery of sustainable development outcomes

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