Adoption Of Public Private Partnerships Research Articles

Market risk factors and performance of public private partnership renewable energy projects

In spite of the rise in the global adoption of public private partnerships, developing countries have failed to attract private investments in equally measure as their developed partners. This has impacted on infrastructural financing in developing countries. The current study sought to establish how market risks influence the performance of public private partnership renewable energy projects. The study adopted a pragmatic paradigm and employed a mixed methods approach, correlational and descriptive survey design. Quantitative data was collected by use of a self-administered questionnaire and while an interview guide was used to collect qualitative data after piloting and reliability established. A sample size of 263 respondents was drawn from a target population of 769 using the Yamane formula. For descriptive statistics the study used the mean and standard deviation. For inferential statistics the study used Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (r) and Multiple Regression while the F-tests were used in hypothesis testing. The study established a significant influence of market risks on the performance of public private partnerships renewable energy projects F (1,204) =104.689, P=0.000? 0.05. H0 was consequently rejected. Based on this finding the study recommends hedging measures to promote public private partnerships

THE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19: The impacts and trends in the process of continuing teacher education

The article aims to analyze the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the field of education in the region of Tocantins' Amazon, especially for the process of continuing education for teachers in the State Education System. The research is based on historical dialectical materialism, having as reference the bibliographic and documentary research in ordinances, provisional measures, decrees, opinions and other normative mechanisms issued, mainly, by the Ministry of Education, National Council of Education, Government of the State of Tocantins and State Education Council. From a critical perspective, it is assumed that the adoption of public-private partnerships as an educational policy and the expansion of distance education greatly compromises the constitutional principle of democratic management and the quality of education.

Barriers to the implementation of public-private partnerships in the healthcare sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

BackgroundSaudi Arabia is considering increasing the role of the private sector’s participation in financing and delivering healthcare services through the adoption of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). However, the adoption and successful implementation of PPPs in the Saudi healthcare sector requires careful attention to overcome potential obstacles.ObjectivesThis study investigates and identifies potential barriers to the successful implementation of PPPs in the Saudi healthcare sector.MethodsA pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from 72 respondents over a two-month period. Respondents were asked to rate the degree of influence of potential key barriers using a five-point Likert scale. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.ResultsThe evidence showed that the top three barriers, as rated by the respondents, were legal barriers, including delays in receiving approval and permits and law and regulation changes, environmental barriers, including lack of transparency and accountability and technological barriers, including a shortage of professionals qualified to handle PPP projects.ConclusionsThe barriers identified suggested that the government should ensure that PPPs are implemented in a timely manner to ensure that private sector involvement yields the intended benefits. Furthermore, a stable legal and regulatory framework must be established that is properly and easily enforced to avoid confusing stakeholders with too many changes. It is also important to ensure that transparency and accountability measures are strengthened.

Comparative studies into public private partnership and traditional investment approaches on the high-speed rail project linking 3 airports in Thailand

At present, PPP (Public-Private Partnership) plays an important role in infrastructure project development. This is attributable to the fact that many governments around the world have a budget constraint and may try to prioritize their budget for other developments in need. Allowing a private sector to participate in investment is an important step towards the cost-saving for a government. The private sector has an advantageous opportunity in the investment partnership, and public users tend to have superior service. Thai government envisages potential advantages of PPP and adopts this practice in various projects. However, the new mega project linking 3 airports is one of the first highspeed rail projects in Thailand of which the Thai government has insufficient experience. There are serious concerns whether the PPP adoption could enable a viable option. Therefore, this study aims to analyze benefits and risks of PPP adoption in the High-Speed Rail Project Linking 3 Airports in Thailand. Lifecycle assessment has been carried out by breaking down the project into various phases. Field data have been gathered from different sources such as an official website, feasibility study reports, annual reports of related government agencies, and opinions from technical experts in private sector. Financial analysis is used to analyze and calculate related financial values. The results reveal that the PPP adoption in this project yields different benefits and risks depending on each phase of the project. Adopting PPP can overcome key limitations and provide some real benefits that the traditional approach cannot. Simultaneously, there are risks incurred from the PPP adoption due to the complexity in PPP partnership such additional transaction costs and interrelation complexity. However, the risks can be managed by a rigorous plan and practice. Both governmental and private sectors need to collaborate to ascertain the project's success.

THE PANDEMIC OF COVID-19: The impacts and trends in the process of continuing teacher education

The article aims to analyze the implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic for the field of education in the region of Tocantins' Amazon, especially for the process of continuing education for teachers in the State Education System. The research is based on historical dialectical materialism, having as reference the bibliographic and documentary research in ordinances, provisional measures, decrees, opinions and other normative mechanisms issued, mainly, by the Ministry of Education, National Council of Education, Government of the State of Tocantins and State Education Council. From a critical perspective, it is assumed that the adoption of public-private partnerships as an educational policy and the expansion of distance education greatly compromises the constitutional principle of democratic management and the quality of education.

Factors Affecting Local Governments’ Public–Private Partnership Adoption in Urban China

Local governments around mainland China initiated over 14,000 public–private partnership (PPP) projects with a total investment of 18 billion RMB in recent years, but nearly half have been withdrawn since the end of 2017, which raised wide concerns about whether PPP can contribute to the sustainable infrastructure development in urban China. In this study, we empirically investigated major factors affecting local governments’ PPP adoption, especially factors that led local governments to initiate inappropriate PPP projects. Based on a unique panel dataset of 286 Chinese cities between 2014 and 2017, the empirical findings suggested that local governments’ financial pressure was the most important factor and cities with higher off-budgetary debts or lower budgetary deficits tended to initiate more PPP projects. PPP projects initiated under off-budgetary burdens were more likely to be inappropriate and subsequently withdrawn. Based on the empirical results, we provide policy suggestions to promote sustainable PPP developments in China.

Understanding of CSFs in the application of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Toll expressway in Malaysia

Expressways are extremely expensive to build and maintain. A major infrastructure project and services involve massive public investments starting from planning, land acquisition, grading, paving and other expenditure. As an alternative, Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a popular tool for the government to cope and meet the increasingly demand by capitalising on private sectors ‘resource and expertise. Given the inherent advantages of PPP model over conventional model, the PPP model was highly favoured and adopted for toll expressway development in Malaysia. Many studies have been made on PPP in the literature but very few have been conducted to investigate factors affecting adoption of PPP toll expressway in Malaysia. Thus, this paper attempts to register all these Critical Success Factors (CSFs) from available journal articles published since 2012. Twenty (20) articles were identified and all the CSFs in them were registered in one list. A two stage exploratory sequential mixed method design was adopted. The first stage was to list all the 161 CSFs that illustrated in the articles and qualitatively analysed them (using thematic analysis) and this resulted in reducing the number to 77. Then these 77 themes of CSFs went through of consolidating exercise into grouping them under the relevant Clusters. Overall, there are nine (9) clusters of criteria of CSFs that can be consolidated as factors affecting on adoption of PPP namely;(1) risks cluster, (2) governmental influence cluster, (3)project viability cluster, (4)organisational cluster, (5)economic and financial cluster, (6)legal framework cluster, (7)technology and innovation cluster, (8) social and environment cluster, and (9) trust cluster. The consolidated nine (9) clusters of CSFs list then went through a final stage of analysis for validation. A set of questionnaire to validate the degree of importance of these nine (9) clusters of factor affecting was prepared and sent to thirty (30) experts in PPP from three (3) main sectors; public, private and academic. The descriptive analysis was done by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23.0 to differentiate these nine (9) clusters of factor affecting through their mean score. Finally, based on the group mean score value higher than 3.95, three (3) clusters of CSFs were selected as the most factor affecting in adoption of PPP namely; governmental influence, project viability and trust. This list is recommended to be considered in future studies of the influencing factors of involvement private sectors into PPP particularly on expressway projects.

How Educational Policies Are Adopted in Developing Countries: The Case of Ghana’s Proposed Public-Private Partnerships in Education

The literature on public-private partnerships (PPPs) generally concurs that its entry in the education sector is fairly recent, particularly in developing countries. Also, there is little empirical evidence to prop up the claims about its efficacy in addressing the challenges it is purported to address in the education sector- cost-reduction, efficiency, accountability, and quality. And finally, the exponents for their promotion in developing countries are largely neoliberal-oriented transnational actors. However, not much is known about how they are adopted, especially in developing countries where policy-making is often shrouded in secrecy. To add to our illumination the politics involved in the adoption of PPPs in education, this paper examines the PPP policy to be piloted in Ghana. Specifically, it explores how the policy was either internally or externally motivated, by analysing the texts of the three Education Strategic Plans (ESPs) and relevant publications related to some transnational actors. The findings indicate that the PPP policy was the outcome of the synapse of domestic incremental and systemic policy-making processes and the mechanisms of globalisation (transnational forces). However, the role of transnational actors in shaping the PPP policy appears to be greater than any rational internal processes deduced from the ESP documents and outside of them. For the sustainability of the policy, it is, therefore, important the transnational actors, who are directly involved in promoting the policy but depends on external support, work on maintaining good relationships with their network of sponsors, to ensure the continual inflows of resources to execute the policy.

Implementation of Public-Private Partnerships at Kajiado County, Kenya

Strategy formulation has been widely regarded as the most important component of the strategic management process. Strategy implementation, rather than strategy formulation alone, is a key requirement for superior organizational performance. The Government of Kenya (GOK) has been implementing Vision 2030 strategic plan, the country's development blueprint covering the period 2008 to 2030. Recognizing that the required funds to fully support the country's development agenda and to meet the infrastructure deficit will require involvement of the private sector, the government has over the second half of the last decade exhibited a strategic shift towards partnering with the private sector, through a variety of avenues, key among which is the strategic adoption of Public Private Partnerships (PPP). The study thus set out to determine the extent of implementation of Public-Private Partnerships at Kajiado County. The study used a case study research design. The case study design facilitated the in-depth exploration of the extent of implementation of Public-Private Partnerships against the normal strategy implementation process specifically dwelling on Njaa Marufuku Campaign at Kajiado County. This study used both primary and secondary data. The primary data composed of the responses received from personal interviews with ten senior and middle management while the secondary data was from relevant literature review. The present study employed the qualitative type of analysis, specifically the content analysis. Results reveal that Njaa Marufuku Kenya (NMK), the studied form of PPP initiative conforms its intervention to the strategy implementation process, and this has contributed to the established programme success. The three components guiding project selection and activities within the NMK PPP strategy indicated the presence of a well laid down strategic plan. The NMK intervention was also found to observe a critical component in the strategy implementation process; clarity of goals. The tasks and activities were also found to follow a set of predefined guidelines. A large number of the program implementers were found to through training prior to the onset of project implementation. Findings further implied that stakeholder roles in the strategy implementation process within the NMK intervention were clearly cut out hence enabling a well-coordinated implementation process. The intervention of PPP was concluded to observe strategic meetings and stakeholder commitment from the government and private sector sides. As follow up to strategy implementation in various projects, the intervention was concluded to further carry out continuous monitoring and evaluation. Recommendation made was that as a way of government achieving set objectives more efficiently, PPP was an important strategic intervention.

Educational Efficiency of State Boards of Secondary Education in India: SFA and D&ND DEA Analysis

The paper, using both stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier and the discretionary and non-discretionary DEA, empirically evaluated the performance of the BSEs of 28 states of India using the number of students passed Class X as the output. The mean efficiency score in SPF was more (0.792) compared to the DEA score (0.695). Around 43 per cent of the total DMUs were efficient in the range of 80 per cent and above. Gamma value of the SPF model inferred that 98 per cent of the variation in the efficiency score was due to technical inefficiency. The major factors determining the total students passed under a DMU are SCRR, PTR and RT. Out of GSE, SCSTE and PSRA, the SCSTE was positively and significantly affected the technical inefficiency. In the case of DEA introduction of nondiscretionary inputs reduced the mean score to 0.628 keeping the number of fully efficient states the same. The fully efficient states gave less weight to RT and PTR and all other inputs were assigned higher weights reflecting the relatively larger scarcity of these inputs. Due to non-discretionary inputs, the states affected most were Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Sikkim. The fully efficient DMUs under DEA had also scored more than 90 per cent under SFA. On the basis of the result, the study concluded that appointment of regular teacher with appropriate benefits and perks, school infrastructure development, adoption of public-private partnership for bringing more investment in the infrastructure, at par treatment of the schools in the rural areas, uniform policy for all categories of students in the admission into the secondary schools and regular selfappraisal of the regular teachers will not only help in identifying the states with least performances but also the states who preferred to be peers for many inefficient performers but also about cost implication of the use of the inputs thereby warranting an effective management of the respective DMUs.

Towards an effective partnership policy for improving urban low-income housing provisioin in Nigeria: New institutional economics perspective

Recent critique against the past urban housing provision strategies in Nigeria was that the low-income groups are marginalised. It then led to the adoption of public private partnership (PPP) initiative with a view to pursuing the broad goal of housing-for-all in Nigeria. Most recent studies have however criticised the effectiveness of the existing PPP practice in the housing provision structure without providing a pragmatic suggestion towards an effective framework for improvement. It thus raised the question; what are the main causes of ineffectiveness of existing PPP in housing provision and how can an effective PPP policy framework for urban low-income housing be achieved in Nigeria? This study utilised the concepts of new institutional economics (NIE) -a theoretical and methodological underpinning for multi-actors’ policy matters. Using qualitative data from structured interview and credible literature sources, findings indicate that uncertainties in land accessibility, high transaction costs and the developers’ high profit agenda, are the major causes of PPP ineffectiveness for housing provision, which are also attributed to lack of a specific PPP policy that recognises all income groups and their roles on housing provision. End-users suggested that governmentcould have a negotiation with land owners and building materials dealers to address the housing problem. In conclusion, it is established in this study that adoption of all-inclusive conceptual approach described within the context of NIE thought can facilitate an effective planning for urban low-income housing in Nigeria.

Public Hospital Facilities Development Using Build-Operate-Transfer Approach: Policy Consideration for Developing Countries

Background: Advantages and limitations of build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts in various forms of public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements have not been studied. Objectives: This study is the first of its kind to determine the framework, advantages, and limitations of BOT contracts for health care projects in selected countries. Methods: A comparative design was employed to identify factors affecting the development of medical facilities through the adoption of PPPs and the implementation of BOT contracts. England, Spain, Australia, Turkey, and Canada were selected, and data were gathered through well-known databases for the relevant studies. Electronic databases were searched using the keyword terms, “build-operate-transfer,” “public-private partnerships,” “health sector/health system,” “health care facilities,” “Spain,” “Canada,” “England or United Kingdom,” “Turkey,” and “Australia.” Results: The findings revealed that while there was insufficient information transparency for adoption of the BOT contract model in developing medical facilities and building new hospitals, some similarities were observed in its adoption in public fields. Adoption of the BOT contract model has been proven feasible in the selected countries for the health sector, in particular, for the development of new hospitals. These contracts are usually long-term in nature to provide the private sector with the chance to appropriately exploit the field. Different countries utilize this model to meet public regional and long-term health care needs, where the goal is not just a matter of seeking the private sector’s contribution. Conclusions: This study suggests that more information transparency is required for these types of contracts. Factors such as the term of the contract, the maintenance of the facilities built and their post-completion ownership status, facilities and credits offered to the private sector during the construction and operation phases, and the provision of financial and non-financial incentives to the private sector require deeper examination and should also be adjusted to the local contexts of the developing country.

Challenges in Implementing Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Malaysia

The objective of this present study is to scrutinize the challenges in implementing PPP by examining the factors that hinder the successful adoption of PPP in Malaysia. A questionnaire survey was used to elicit the perceptions of the public and private sectors concerning the constraints of PPP implementation in Malaysia. A total of 122 usable responses were obtained. The overall results show that ‘lengthy delays in negotiation’, ‘lack of government guidelines and procedures on PPP’, ‘higher charge to direct users’, ‘lengthy delays because of political debate’ and ‘confusion over government objectives and evaluation criteria’ are the top five constraints for adopting PPP in Malaysia.

PPP for public infrastructure in Italy: opportunity and challenges

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive understanding of the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Italy in order to highlight challenges and opportunities for a more effective adoption of PPP in Italy. In particular we analyze three key aspects that affect the PPP adoption and implementation, namely the institutional, organizational, and financial ones, and their changes over time.Design/methodology/approach– To reach the aim, we have conducted an empirical research, gathering qualitative and quantitative relevant information, to characterize three key dimensions affecting the PPP adoption and its effective implementation, namely the institutional, organizational, and financial dimension.Findings– The analysis of PPP in Italy reveals that, although it is a relatively recent practice, its use is widely spread in delivering public infrastructures. Nevertheless, there are still some shortcomings, related to administrative, financial, and legal issues, that make the application and use of PPP, although considerable in size, less effective and efficient in Italy than in some other countries. In order to overcome these limitations, different interventions are required in order to strength the practices and advance the body of knowledge.Practical implications– The study formulates useful recommendations for an effective implementation of PPP based on the analysis of the main constraints for the PPP's development in Italy.Originality/value– The study overcomes the gap of the existing literature on the Italian PPP that have analyzed the phenomenon under two different approaches. Some researchers have investigated the key aspects characterizing PPPs, by adopting a mono-dimensional perspective. Other studies have analyzed the extent of adoption and diffusion of PPP in Italy, by presenting data on PPP projects by sector and/or by types. This paper contributes to fill this gap by providing both a comprehensive analysis of PPP, based on three key dimensions characterizing the PPP adoption and implementation, as well as by presenting an updated picture of the PPP in Italy.

Constraints in implementing Public Private Partnership (PPP) in Malaysia

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study two objectives. First, it intends to scrutinize the challenges in implementing Public Private Partnership (PPP) by examining the factors that hinder the successful adoption of PPP in Malaysia. Second, it aims to investigate the differences in the perceptions of the government and the private sector pertaining to the hindrance factors. Design/methodology/approach – A questionnaire survey was used to elicit the perceptions of the public and private sectors concerning the constraints of PPP implementation in Malaysia. A total of 122 usable responses were obtained, which were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software. The mean score and mean score ranking were used to examine the importance of the hindrance factors based on the overall responses as well as on the respective responses of the public and the private sectors. An independent sample t-test was used to examine the differences in the perceptions between the two sectors. Findings – The overall results show that “lengthy delays in negotiation”, “lack of government guidelines and procedures on PPP”, “higher charge to direct users”, “lengthy delays because of political debate” and “confusion over government objectives and evaluation criteria” are the top five constraints for adopting PPP in Malaysia. In terms of the differences in the perceptions between the public and private sector groups, the statistical test results indicate that there are only significant differences in the perceptions for two hindrance factors. Originality/value – The paper contributes to the existing literature on PPP, which is currently limited, by focusing on the challenges of implementing PPP in a developing country (i.e. Malaysia). More importantly, this paper provides evidence concerning the differences in the opinion of two key players (i.e. the government and the private sector) on the PPP hindrance factors.

Public private partnerships/private finance initiatives for financing infrastructure in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence the adoption of private finance initiatives (PFIs) for infrastructure projects in tertiary institutions of learning. It also determines the relationship between the levels of awareness, years of experience and the identified factors. Design/methodology/approach – Data for this study were gathered from administration of questionnaires. The instruments were administered after validation on the stakeholders in the concerned departments. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive, cluster and correlation analyses. Findings – There is a high level of awareness and experience in public private partnerships (PPPs) among the respondents on the initiative. It is found that nature of project, risk involvement and the technical capabilities are the three most influential factors. There is correlation between the identified factors. There is also a significant relationship between the respondents’ years of experience in PPP and “technical capabilities factors.” Research limitations/implications – The study is limited to four selected public tertiary institutions in a single geo-political zone (six states) in southwestern Nigeria, out of four geo-political zones in Nigeria. Southwestern Nigeria is a major zone where tertiary institutions embrace PPP/PFIs initiative. Practical implications – Empirically, PPPs in the educational sector of a developing economy have been explored and consequently implied that there is a relationship among the factors that determine the adoption of PPP. Hence, findings would be useful for the policy makers and stakeholders on decision relating to infrastructure provision in tertiary institutions. Originality/value – This study is one of the few empirical studies in relation to educational sector in developing/emerging economies on the subject of PPP/PFIs for infrastructure projects.

Is public–private partnership a panacea for infrastructure development? The case of Beijing National Stadium

Public–private partnership (PPP) is such a hot concept that nowadays it is discussed everywhere be it a public sector management journal or a public sector management conference. Governments subject to severe fiscal pressure in developing countries like China, where PPP law is not in place yet, regard it as a panacea or fixed solution for infrastructure development. This paper hence attempts to provide reference to this point by investigating the Beijing National Stadium. There was a significant change in the Project Company on 20 August 2009. Three main reasons for the contract change were (1) wrong identification of the retractable roof as one of the output specifications, (2) adoption of PPP without a careful feasibility study and (3) strong government interference like suspension of selling name-right and prohibition of holding small-scale or small events. It was found that PPP would not be more appropriate than conventional procurement in this project. It was therefore proved that PPP is not a panacea for infrastructure development. It is expected that a review of the Beijing National Stadium can provide valuable information for when and how to implement PPPs. More considerations on receiving value for money in the whole project lifecycle (including the operation) should be taken in a PPP project.

Assessing the Planning of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in E-Government Implementation Experience in Jordan

Public private partnership (PPP) is one of the main approaches that have been utilized in executinge-government program in Jordan. The main aim of this paper is to assess the adoption of PPP in theimplementation of E-Government program in Jordan as one of the developing countries through assessing onestage of the three-stage model of PPP developed by (Alshqairat, 2009). This Model (3PEG) consists of threemain stages; planning, implementation, and evaluation. This paper empirically tests the planning stage for PPPin the implementation of E-Government program in Jordan. The assessing planning stage addresses sixdimensions of PPP: concept, justifications, requirements, the main aspects, readiness, and the strategicopportunities. Several results are reported. The findings that were supported by using quantitative andqualitative instruments suggested a significant support for all the planning stage dimensions.

Operation, Problems, and Prospects of Youth Employment Programmes in Oyo State, Nigeria

Operation, Problems, and Prospects of Youth Employment Programmes in Oyo State, Nigeria Ajibola Ayodeji, Salau, Odunayo Paul, Aladejare Samson Adeniyi Abstract Oyo State like many of its counterparts in Nigeria is faced with the problem of a high number of its young population lacking access to employment opportunities. The State Government having realized the extent of the problem had to embark on several initiatives with the aim of reducing youth unemployment in the state. Evaluating the impact of any programme is an invaluable element required in policy formulation thus, the study was conducted to investigate the operation, problems and prospects of youth employment programmes in the State, using the Skill Acquisition Scheme and the Youth Empowerment Scheme- Oyo (YES-O) as case studies. A survey methodology was adopted for the study with structured questionnaires designed for four categories of respondents: trainees under the Skill Acquisition Scheme, tutors under the Skill Acquisition Scheme, administrators of the two employment programmes in the State, and cadets of the YES-O programme. The data gotten from respondents were analyzed through the help of the statistical software, SPSS. To ensure a lucid and simple analysis, descriptive statistics measures such as tables and percentages were used in interpreting results gotten from the study. The results obtained showed that many factors have militated against the ability of the two schemes to achieve their objectives. The State Skills Acquisition Scheme was characterized by problems ranging from inadequate funding, lack of an enduring exit strategy, lack of start-up capital, ineffective monitoring and supervisory mechanism, absence of literacy and numeracy components, and poor sensitization. The YES-O programme encountered challenges such as salary-related issues, absence of clearly defined exit strategy, duplications of duties and the inability of cadets to acquire relevant skills useful in the labor market. The recommendations for the improvement of the Skill Acquisition Scheme include the expansion of channels of enrollment into the scheme through collaboration with social groups, the establishment of more training centers, the creation of linkages with Micro Finance Institutions, and the adoption of Public Private Partnership (PPP) developmental strategy in the scheme. With regard to the YES-O programme, components such as entrepreneurship education, vocational training, and business management skills should be incorporated into the programme to cater for cadets in the post YES-O employment period. Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/jeds.v2n3a17

Slow Adoption of PPPs in Developing Countries: Survey of Nigerian Construction Professionals

The growth and development of any nation is greatly dependent on the availability of basic public infrastructure and services. The public Private Partnerships (PPP) has been in use for almost two decades helping developed countries improve their infrastructure stock to achieve their economic goals. Despite the link between infrastructure availability and economic growth, developing countries are yet to achieve adequate infrastructure provision to assist their quest for economic growth. Therefore, this study set out to determine the reasons for the slow adoption of the PPP procurement strategy in Nigeria through a survey of construction professionals. It was found that corruption in government was the major problem. Factor analysis further revealed five factors namely Government policy on infrastructure, Lack of consensus among policy makers, Political instability, Lack of understanding of the PPP concept, and High participation costs.