Private Partnerships Research Articles

A Landmark Achievement in Manipur: First Deceased Organ Donation Through Public–private Partnership in the North East

A Landmark Achievement in Manipur: First Deceased Organ Donation Through Public–private Partnership in the North East

Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Postpartum Nurse Home Visit Service to Improve Health Equity

ObjectiveTo describe how a college of nursing and urban academic medical center partnered with the local health department to plan, implement, and evaluate a universal nurse home visit service to improve health equity in the postpartum period. DesignEvidence-based practice. Setting/Local ProblemWide health disparity in rates of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality in Chicago, Illinois. PatientsAll patients who gave birth at the medical center and lived in Chicago. Intervention/MeasurementsA nurse home visit was offered after birth to all eligible patients beginning in March 2020. We used data from a Web-based platform to determine key performance indicators for the program and examined patient demographics to determine equitable delivery of the service for all visits provided in 2022. ResultsThere were 1,488 patients eligible for a home visit and 714 who received a home visit. The average contact rate was 76%, the scheduling rate was 63%, the completion rate for scheduled visits was 76%, and the population reach was 48%. Sixty-eight percent of families visited were from high-economic-hardship zip code areas of the city. Eighty-one percent of visits resulted in at least one referral to meet a family’s need, and 98% of patients surveyed rated their visit as “very helpful.” ConclusionThe successful implementation of this public–private partnership was due in part to an organizational culture that supports health equity initiatives, the inclusion of system-wide stakeholders, having a process in place to monitor outcomes, and hiring a diverse team of nurses who prioritize respectful patient-centered care.

Vaccine value profile for invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella disease

Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is an under-recognized high-burden disease causing major health and socioeconomic issues in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA), predominantly among immune-naïve infants and young children, including those with recognized comorbidities such as HIV infection. iNTS disease is primarily caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 313 and ‘African-restricted clades’ of Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 that have emerged across the African continent as a series of epidemics associated with acquisition of new antimicrobial resistance. Due to genotypes with a high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and scarcity of therapeutic options, these NTS serovars are designated by the World Health Organization as a priority pathogen for research and development of interventions, including vaccines, to address and reduce NTS associated bacteremia and meningitis in sSA. Novel and traditional vaccine technologies are being applied to develop vaccines against iNTS disease, and the results of the first clinical trials in the infant target population should become available in the near future.The “Vaccine Value Profile” (VVP) addresses information related predominantly to invasive disease caused by Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium prevalent in sSA. Information is included on stand-alone iNTS disease candidate vaccines and candidate vaccines targeting iNTS disease combined with another invasive serotype, Salmonella Typhi, that is also common across sSA. Out of scope for the first version of this VVP is a wider discussion on either diarrheagenic NTS disease (dNTS) also associated with Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium or the development of a multivalent Salmonella vaccines targeting key serovars for use globally.This VVP for vaccines to prevent iNTS disease is intended to provide a high-level, holistic assessment of the information and data that are currently available to inform the potential public health, economic, and societal value of pipeline vaccines and vaccine-like products. Future versions of this VVP will be updated to reflect ongoing activities such as vaccine development strategies and a “Full Vaccine Value Assessment” that will inform the value proposition of an iNTS disease vaccine. This VVP was developed by a working group of subject matter experts from academia, non-profit organizations, public private partnerships, and multi-lateral organizations, and in collaboration with stakeholders from the World Health Organization African Region. All contributors have extensive expertise on various elements of the iNTS disease VVP and collectively aimed to identify current research and knowledge gaps. The VVP was developed using only existing and publicly available information.

Exploring Risk Aspects in Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Research: A Bibliometric Analysis

The risk aspect is a key component of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) infrastructure scheme. The study employed bibliometric analysis to shed light on research trends concerning risk aspects in PPP. The author focused on publication trends, co-authorship networks, local citation patterns, cluster analysis, and co-occurrence of key terms. In addition, the authors compiled a list of studies on the risk aspects of PPP infrastructure. Using bibliometric data from 356 Scopus-indexed publications, this study identifies the leading authors, nations, institutions, publishers, influential papers, and research topics related PPP infrastructure risk over the past decade (2014-2023). The findings reveal that from 2014 to 2017, research predominantly focused on risk factors, success criteria, development projects, contracts, toll roads, water supply, and social infrastructure. Between 2018 and 2020, the emphasis shifted towards risk assessment, risk analysis, risk management, and risk allocation. Since 2021, the research trends have evolved to include urban growth, investment, the private sector, partnership models, internet protocols, and intelligent systems. Future research on PPP infrastructure risk should incorporate technological concepts and business entity perspectives. This study also contextualizes its findings within the broader landscape of emerging markets in Asia and globally and highlights these trends in the Indonesian context.

Road Traffic Enforcement: Using Technology Through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP)

The past two decades have seen a wide - ranging wave of privatizations in formerly government owned or - controlled activities. A government task or service which is funded and operated through a partnership between a public sector authority and private sector company based on guidelines and performance standards set by a public party is typically referred to as a Public Private Partnership (PPP). In most countries traffic enforcement cameras and other equipment are purchased, owned, and operated by government organisations. Back - offices, where violation data are processed, citations issued, and traffic fines collected, have traditionally been government - run activities. In a PPP model, a private party invests and installs enforcement equipment (e. g. speed or red - light cameras) and conducts back office processing, such as sending out violation notices and managing and confirming fine collection. The investment in equipment and related processing and support activities are funded by fine revenues collected from the motoring public over the contract term. Gaining public support, and ultimately acceptance, for the PPP model is crucial, which is why transparency, publicity and continuous communication are key factors for successful and sustainable implementation. Full service PPPs are often organised on a municipal level in close consultation with the local administration and police. Due to the high initial investment and gradual repayment, such PPPs are typically based on longer term contracts. Moreover, the regulatory environment may require some changes to allow involvement of a private party. One process that is difficult to outsource is the formal confirmation of a violation by a review of the photo or video evidence. Generally, this can only be validly performed by an authorised government official, such as a police officer. Depending on laws and regulations applicable to specific jurisdictions, there could be more issues that may limit the extent of the private party’s involvement in these PPPs. When properly implemented, PPP’s in traffic enforcement can considerably contribute to the reduction of casualties, injuries and crashes, as well as improve traffic flow, and increase quality of life with more safety, lower emissions and less noise pollution. Speed reduction also significantly benefits the safety of vulnerable road users such as pedestrians, and two - wheelers Personal injury and death on roadways also have a significant impact on the economy through medical costs, lost resources and wages and disability pay outs. These costs are significant and are estimated by the WHO to amount to an average of around 3% of a country’s GNP. This figure rises to 5% in some low - and middle - income countries

WATER SECURITY THROUGH CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: A CASE STUDY OF RO WATER PLANTS BY TATA POWER DDL

Water security is one of the most pressing issues in urban India especially for the poor. The purpose of this research is to examine the CSR approach to water security focusing on Tata Power DDL’s RO Water Plants in North and North-West Delhi. In this research, I follow the ethnographic method to analyze the effects of Tata Power DDL’s CSR program on JJ colonies’ access to clean drinking water for the targeted beneficiaries. Questionnaires, interviews, and observation were used to measure the social, economic and environmental impacts of the initiative. According to the result, there were changes in health, hygiene, and satisfactions of the community because of safe drinking water source. However, the following was noted as comprising the challenges that CfPTs face: technological barriers; and difficulty in engaging with the community. The study also underlines the significance of public private partnership in water security and provides an insight into how such other CSR programs could be expanded. The study offers important information about the role of CSR in supporting sustainable development and water management in large cities.

Private Partner Prioritization for Public–Private Partnership Contracts in a Brazilian Water Company Using a Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Method

Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are long-term contracts between government entities and private companies, and are increasingly being adopted in developing countries due to the large need for investments in sectors such as water and sewerage and also in order to benefit from the experience and to have access to the resources and technology of the private sector. Prioritizing the private party of the contract becomes a complex decision due to the characteristics of PPP contracts, and a standard of evaluation has not been adopted yet, the decision usually being made by evaluating the price. Thus, this research aims to propose a set of criteria to be incorporated into the decision problem that involves technical aspects. It then seeks to rank alternatives by using a multi-criteria decision aid method, FITradeoff, which supports the decision-maker (DM) in prioritization and provides transparency and security to the process.

Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Framework for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Indonesia

Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Framework for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Indonesia

Unraveling the dynamics of social governance innovation: A synergistic approach employing NLP and network analysis

Society, inherently a complex network system, necessitates an equally intricate approach towards social governance. This study aims to dissect the spatio-temporal evolution of social governance innovation themes and explore the value network relationships among multiple stakeholders in social governance. To achieve this, we employ natural language processing to analyze text data from 285 social governance innovation cases. This analysis allows us to delve into the progression of social governance innovation practice themes, discern inherent patterns and modes, and reveal their spatio-temporal characteristics. These insights form the basis for our proposed recommendations on policy-making and public service delivery to address public problems. Concurrently, we utilize the ERNIE-UIE model for transfer learning to extract entities related to social governance stakeholders from the cases. Our findings suggest that governance practices extending beyond the government to include all possible stakeholders, such as enterprises and civil society, are essential. When combined with social network analysis, we can illuminate the value network relationships among these multiple social governance stakeholders surrounding particular innovative practice themes. Our study sheds light on the increasing importance of public–private partnerships and the emergence of social organizations as key agents of influence within various domains of social governance.

Развитие туристско-рекреационных кластеров на основе программно-целевых методов управления

In the article, the author examines those tools for the development of tourist clusters that can be used by public authorities at the federal and regional levels as part of their formation of program documents aimed at supporting the industry and the processes of cluster formation in it. The author proposes to consider an algorithm for using a program-oriented approach during the formation and development of tourist clusters, taking into account the expediency of prioritizing the tasks of developing the tourism industry in some regions of the Russian Federation. The author also identifies a problem in the system used to assess the implementation of the goals set for industry departments, which consists in the fact that there is a certain discrepancy between the developed system of target indicators and those tasks that are defined to achieve the main goal of the development of domestic tourism. At the same time, correct assessment procedures and a well-built system of indicative indicators to assess the level of implementation of cluster initiatives will allow to intensify investment activities in the tourism cluster through subsidizing mechanisms from the federal budget, expanding preferential lending programs provided by financial organizations, public–private partnerships, and at the stages of development of the tourism cluster - to ensure its self-financing.

Addressing Health Misinformation: Promoting Accurate and Reliable Information

Abstract Social media platforms have become valuable tools that can be used to improve professional education, patient care and education, promote health habits, and public health programs. In this article, we will explore the phenomenon of health misinformation, its impact on society, and the steps we can take to address and combat it. We will discuss the impact of health-related misinformation on individuals, policymakers, health-care professionals, educators, journalists, and technology platforms. In particular, we discuss the role of technology platforms in combating the spread of misinformation. In addition, we highlight the importance of promoting information literacy, engaging trusted messengers, strengthening media practices, enhancing technology’s platforms’ role, fostering research efforts, encouraging public–private partnerships, empowering health-care professionals, prioritizing health education, and raising public awareness.

Public–private partnerships, boundary spanners and the boundary wall in the English National Health Service

PurposeThe paper investigates English National Health Service (NHS) organisations partnering with private companies, a form commonly known as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Successive governments have promoted PPPs as a way of improving the delivery of health care, making the best of the different skills/experience which both sectors bring. However, the task of making these relationships work on the ground often falls to individual leaders/practitioners (“boundary spanners”) whose role has been under-researched in this type of partnership.Design/methodology/approachThe paper opted for a comparative three case study approach, including 13 semi-structured interviews and questionnaires with employees representing middle and senior management involved in managing the partnerships. The data were complemented by documentary analysis, including minutes, descriptions of internal processes and press releases.FindingsThe paper provides conceptual and empirical insights by creating a framework called the “boundary wall” that indicates the ways in which different elements of the boundaries between organisations influence the role and activities of boundary spanners (managers of the partnership).Research limitations/implicationsThis is an initial framework in an under-researched area, so will need further testing and application to other case study sites in future research.Practical implicationsThe paper includes implications for both practice and policy.Originality/valueWhile we know an increasing amount about the role of boundary spanners in public partnerships, the paper makes a unique contribution by exploring these concepts in the context of relationships between the public and private sectors.

A critical analysis of public private partnership model in energy from waste projects

The Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) have been significantly adopted over the last three decades as a mechanism for the delivery and financing of projects. Various infrastructure project types in the energy and the transport sectors have adopted this procurement system for their ‘anticipated’ effectiveness in risk distribution and value for money. Yet, their acclaimed benefits, particularly in ensuring value for money in the waste to energy – or energy-from-wastes (EfW) – sector are under significant scrutiny. Governments and investors are increasingly questioning their fiscal efficiency and overall benefit to taxpayers. Despite these concerns, studies investigating whether PFI provides value of money of PFI in EfW are lacking. This study addresses this gap by comparing the PFI models used in the UK and Canada in currently operative EfW projects using mixed risk epistemology approach combining methods that provide both a real and objective evaluation of issues and risks and a subjective (or opinion-based) evaluation. The former is achieved through a quantitative probabilistic model for simulating EfW feasibility at the operation phase. The quantitative probabilistic model is capable to model and capture how operational phase costs and profitability are affected by lifecycle risks (such as quality of service driven by contractual requirements that are usually passed on to the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) contractor) and a range of technical, payment and incentive dynamic variables and their fluctuations. If the impact of these variables is not considered and modelled accurately, the O&M contractor could incur significant losses undermining the viability of the EfW project. The latter employs a psychometric methodology to delve into the primary concerns of professionals involved in EfW projects regarding associated risks. The results show that common O&M risks identified in EfW PPP projects in UK and Canada prevail around unplanned maintenance, infeed waste reduction, market price, unsustainable debts, and policy changes.

КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНІ ПРОБЛЕМИ ЗМІСТОВНОЇ ІНТЕРПРЕТАЦІЇ ДЕРЖАВНО-ПРИВАТНОГО ПАРТНЕРСТВА

It has been established that there is still no generally accepted and established definition of public-private partnership in both foreign and domestic literature. In some definitions, the conditional uncertainty of the essence of this concept is deliberately embedded. Thus, the European Investment Bank (EIB) defines a public-private partnership as an agreement between an institution representing public authorities and a private partner, intended for the implementation of public infrastructure projects and public services within the framework of a long-term contract. Since this resolution does not record the nature of such agreements, does not indicate the principles of the relationship between the private and public sectors, then the EIB documents focus, first of all, on the fact that the private sector can receive financial benefits in two ways: payments are made by a state body to a private partner based on the diagnosis of the results of service provision (for example, road availability); the private partner is granted the right to receive revenue from the provision of the service (for example, to introduce and collect tolls for the use of roads). The definitions of the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are similar and emphasize that a public-private partnership is a long-term contract between the public and private sectors in which significant responsibility rests with the private sector in the field of management, as well as the private sector assumes most of the risks in the implementation of this project. The OECD also emphasizes in its definition the fact that the transfer of risk to a private partner largely depends on the effectiveness of such a project, and that the state's goals are aligned with the private sector's profit-maximizing goals. These definitions are quite cumbersome and detailed, but even they have not become universal and able to cover various options and forms of implementation of public-private partnership. The generalization of the existing approaches to the definition of public-private partnership was further developed, with the selection of three main interpretations: broad (implies the inclusion in the content of the concept of public-private partnership, various options for the interaction of the state and the private sector, aimed at solving any tasks in any spheres of social life); narrow interpretation (presupposes that within the framework of a public-private partnership, the state and business are united to implement a specific investment project regarding those objects that belong to the sphere of public interest and control, for example, related to the production and offer of any public good); contractual (related to the dual nature of the concept of public-private partnership, which involves not only its socio-economic essence, but also its legal one. With this interpretation, the public-private partnership is considered as a specific contract, the subject of which is various works on the construction and use of within the framework of this approach, the concept of public-private partnership is filled with various features and essential conditions of this specific contract, and the subject composition of the participants of contractual relations is also determined). Keywords: relations between private and public sectors, public partner, public-private partnership, private partner, project.

Public Private Partnership in Management Drinking Water Supply System: Disruption Innovation Perspective

Public Private Partnership in Management Drinking Water Supply System: Disruption Innovation Perspective

What do ministers and their advisers say to the critics of Public–Private Partnerships? Results from a mixed‐methods study

What do ministers and their advisers say to the critics of Public–Private Partnerships? Results from a mixed‐methods study

Examining Solicited Projects of Public–Private Partnerships (PPP) in the Initiative of Indonesian Government

Examining Solicited Projects of Public–Private Partnerships (PPP) in the Initiative of Indonesian Government

Collective market action, farm performance, and household welfare among maize farmers: the role of outgrower scheme in Northern Ghana

ABSTRACT Although outgrower scheme facilitates farmers’ collective action in agri-food value chain market participation, evidence of its impacts on farm performance and welfare is still limited. We examine the determinants and impact of outgrower scheme collective market participation on farm performance and household welfare in northern Ghana, using a multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model to account for selectivity bias. The empirical findings show that participants in collective input and output markets as well as the joint markets outperform nonparticipants in terms of farm performance (commercialization and net farm income) and household expenditure, with the highest gains associated with joint market participation. We also observed that factors such as gender, age, extension service, credit, transaction cost, and awareness of outgrower scheme significantly influence farmers’ inclusion in group marketing. The findings suggest that policies that facilitate farmers’ access to agricultural inputs and output markets in collective action should be implemented through public–private partnerships to enhance farm performance and the livelihood of farmers.

Framework Model for Financing Sustainable Water and Sanitation Infrastructure in Zimbabwe

Financing frameworks for Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs) are lacking in developing countries. This study aims to develop a financing framework for adoption for water and sanitation PPP infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe. Using data covering a 25-year period from 1996 to 2021, Tobit econometric models are applied to the secondary data collected from both international and domestic sources. The results of this study confirm that capital market variables, bank market development, and economic affluence drive the financing of water and sanitation Public–Private Partnership infrastructure projects in Zimbabwe. It was also established that both public and private sources of finance are instrumental in financing water and sanitation PPP projects. The results inform our eventual framework model, which integrates the Public–Private Partnership (PPP) models, sources of finance for water and sanitation PPPs, and the drivers of water and sanitation PPP finance. This study recommends the application of the developed framework in the water and sanitation Public–Private Partnership infrastructure financing policy of developing countries so as to capitalise on the strengths, resources, and networks of the respective stakeholders in the PPPs.

Public–private hybrid organisations in the public sector: Evidence and future directions from a systematic literature review

ABSTRACT This paper presents a systematic literature review based on the PRISMA approach (final sample of 95 records) that investigates how public – private hybrid organizations (HOs) in the public sector have been studied in the literature. Specifically, this work adopts an organizational perspective to develop an analytical framework based on three dimensions: the relationship between HOs and their environment, the organizational manifestations of hybridity and the outputs of HOs. By providing conceptual clarity on the construct of HOs, this work identifies spaces for cross-fertilization between HOs and analogous – yet distinct – constructs, such as public – private partnerships and corporatization.