Public-private partnerships: Perspectives on purposes, publicness, and good governance

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derick W. Brinkerhoff ◽  
Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Private Partnerships

scholarly journals Public–Private Partnerships: from Contested Concepts to Prevalent Practice

2004 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Bovaird
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sector Organization ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

This article explores the current state of knowledge in relation to public–private partnerships (PPPs), taken to mean working arrangements based on a mutual commitment (over and above that implied in any contract) between a public sector organization with any organization outside of the public sector. Since it originally became fashionable over 25 years ago, the concept of PPPs has been strongly contested. However, PPPs are now to be found in the public domain in many countries around the world and their number has been increasing in recent years. This article looks at how this has happened, what have been the strengths and weaknesses of this development and what the future may hold for PPPs. It argues that we are still at an early stage of learning which types of PPP are appropriate for which tasks and at managing PPPs to increase public value. It will be essential to apply principles of good governance to the future development of PPPs — but it will also be necessary to ensure that these principles are genuinely appropriate to the context in which these PPPs are working.

scholarly journals Epitomising Public Sector Management of Public Private Partnerships: A Trajectory of Good Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Jude Thaddeo Mugarura ◽  
Zwelinzima Ndevu
Keyword(s):  
Public Service ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
Made In

While research and policy documents seem to equate public private partnerships (PPPs) to a “marriage made in heaven”, globally they have had flimsy impact on public service delivery. Such seem to be caused by myopic governance emanating from scattered PPP governance literature, lack of a clear PPP good governance overview, as well as overemphasis of PPP financing over the wider PPP governance aspects. Using scholarly documents through content analysis, this study therefore intended to identify and examine the elements of a PPP governance system, and thereafter provide strategies of enforcing good governance practices for PPPs to serve their intended purpose. Findings indicate that PPP principles, critical success factors, stakeholder and risk management, and management of PPP maturity trends, make up a PPP good governance system. Finally, for each of the findings established, the study proposes appropriate good governance practices for sustainable PPP interventions.

scholarly journals Global Governance Initiative. A Critique of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Schell-Keer
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Political Science ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

Governance has become the new buzz word in both economic and political science, particularly in terms of what governance means for the international arena. However, it is also a term that is confusing to many. What does it mean to speak about “governance”? Does it refer to the coordination of sectors of the economy, corporate governance, policy networks, “good governance” as a reform objective promoted by the IMF and the World Bank, public management, or public-private partnerships?

CAPAM Symposium on Networked Government: Building public trust through public–private partnerships

2005 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Brewer ◽  
Mark R. Hayllar
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Land Policy ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Partnership Model ◽  
Community Stakeholders ◽  
First Case ◽  
Systemic Trust

Collaborative working through public–private partnerships, though not new, has become more common. Strong partnerships are built and sustained by norms of reliability consistent with the high levels of systemic trust that the principles of good governance encourage. This article examines two public–private partnerships in Hong Kong in which government actions have severely undermined the trust necessary for the public–private partnership model to work effectively. In the first case, the trust established through a long-standing government/civil society partnership in the delivery of school-based education has been dissipated by acrimonious public wrangling over the autonomy of the service providers. The second case focuses on a large-scale infrastructure project to build an arts hub on redeveloped land. Policy inconsistencies by the Hong Kong government, together with deep suspicions about the extent to which large, well-connected businesses have influenced the project’s development, have seriously undermined the trust of arts community stakeholders and the general public.

scholarly journals Governance lessons from public-private partnerships: examining two cases in the Greater Ottawa Region

2015 ◽  
pp. 12-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Jebuntie Zaato ◽  
Pierre-André Hudon
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Municipal Governance ◽  
Normative Framework ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Contractual Agreements

This paper is concerned with studying the administrative and democratic effects of PPP procurement involved in the realisation of two PPP projects in the Greater Ottawa region: Gatineau’s Robert-Guertin Arena and Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park. First, we review the theory regarding PPPs and democratic municipal governance. Second, we propose a normative framework of good governance in the municipal sector, tailor-made to infrastructure matters. Third, we critically analyze the decision-making process and contractual agreements of both projects in order to identify key issues regarding infrastructure PPPs in municipalities. We conclude by drawing lessons from the analysis of the two projects and discussing the potential implications of our findings.

scholarly journals A Study on Public-Private Partnerships with reference to Municipality of Korca, Albania

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Eva Dhimitri
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Past ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Main Region

Public private partnership is in central of good governance with emphasis on efficiency, inclusion and partnership. The main point is that the partnership does not mean competition, but cooperation between different organizations. It means a formal link between public and private sectors and involves cooperation in planning, financing and implementation of joint projects to achieve common goals. The state assists in its mission from many actors, and above all from the private sector. This article aims to explore the concept of Public Private Partnership as an approach that provides mutual benefits to both public and private sectors. Albania has great potential to develop successful forms of Public Private Partnerships and the public interest is quite high, however, it is important to learn from own successful and not successful experiences of the past, as well as from the experience of the others. This study focused in experience of Municipality of Korca, main region in southeast of Albania.

scholarly journals Public-Private Partnerships in South African Education: Risky Business or Good Governance?

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Ann Feldman
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Public Schooling ◽  
State Involvement ◽  
Private And Public

This article discusses the globalised phenomenon of public-private partnerships, which involve the private and public sector collaborating to provide infrastructure and service delivery to public institutions. Within the education sector, the most commonly known public-private partnerships exist in the United States as charter schools and the United Kingdom as academies. Discussing this phenomenon in the South African context, this article draws on the Collaboration Schools Pilot Project as an example for understanding how the involvement of private partnerships within public schooling is being conceptualised by the Western Cape Education Department. Framed within the debate of public-private partnerships for the public good, the article provides a critical discussion on how these partnerships are enacted as a decentralisation of state involvement in the provision of public schooling by government. The article concludes by noting that the Collaboration Schools Pilot Project, which involves significant changes in policy regarding how schools are governed and managed, requires more rigorous and critical dialogue by all stakeholders as the model unfolds in schools in the Western Cape. 

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