Private Sector Participation in Water and Wastewater Management in Bulgaria. Sofia Case Study

2003 ◽  
pp. 319-328
Author(s):  
M. Martaud
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Water And Wastewater

Developing Public-Private Partnership Framework for Managing Adverse Health Effects of Environmental Disaster (A case study of Lake Urmia -Iran)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hojatolah Gharaee ◽  
Ramin Rezapour ◽  
Naser Derakhshani ◽  
Morteza Ghojazadeh ◽  
Saber Azami-Aghdash
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Lake Urmia ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Environmental Disasters ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Private Sector Participation

Abstract Background Due to the limited resources of the public sector, the presence of the private sector as an auxiliary to the health sector, to mitigate adverse health effects (AHEs) caused by environmental disasters, seems necessary. Therefore, the present study aimed to develop a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) framework for managing AHE of environmental disasters (case study of Lake Urmia-Iran). Methods This is a qualitative study with grounded theory approach, conducted in 2019. Required data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 20 experts selected through purposive sampling, and analyzed using Content-Analysis. To formulate the initial framework, an experts’ panel, composed of 12 experts, was formed. Delphi method was used to determine the validity of the framework. Results Most participants found the private sector participation in this field, essential and useful. The most important infrastructure for the private sector participation was designing a legal framework and providing adequate resources and facilities. Pollutant assessment and education of families for disease prevention are among the most important areas that the private sector can participate. To evaluate the performance of the private sector, periodic and short-term reports together with documentation should be used, and the evaluation tool should be the checklists agreed by two sectors. Payments to the private sector should be for periodic objectives, based on performance, and after performance confirmation, in the form of combination of fee for services, per capita and performance-based system. Preventing waste of resources, improving service coverage, greater efficiency and attracting public participation were the most important benefits of the private sector participation. Conclusions PPP can be considered by policy makers as an effective policy for reducing the AHE of environmental disasters (especially drying lakes). To this end, the framework presented in this study can be used as an action guide by national and local authorities and policymakers.

Identifying risks and mitigation strategies in private sector participation (PSP) in power generation projects in Ghana

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Collins Ameyaw ◽  
Hans Wilhelm Alfen
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Risk Management Strategies ◽  
Private Investors

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the risks associated with private sector participation (PSP) in power generation (PG) projects, how they were allocated and the strategies used to mitigate their likely adverse effects. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts case study research method and cross-case analyses to unearth the key risks and the contractual instruments used to manage them. Findings The paper identified 30 risk factors associated with four major private sector PG projects in Ghana. The allocation and mitigation strategies of these risks are also reported. Originality/value This is the first study to create a risk register of PSP PG projects. Private investors and government have been provided with a comprehensive list of risks associated with PG infrastructure. Would-be investors have also been armed with some potential risk management strategies for proper project structuring.

‘God was a rotten plumber’: Common sense, moral economy and ‘financing water for all’

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 674-692
Author(s):  
Johanna Wadsley
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Moral Economy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Political Outcomes ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Global Water

This paper presents a fresh approach to empirical moral economy through a case study of ‘financing water for all’ in global water governance. The period 2007–2011 can be understood as a process of purposive, collective re-making that occurred as the professional sphere’s various actors deployed, resisted and realigned distinct constellations of ‘moral common sense’ around the socio-politically fraught issue of paying for water. The research found that global water governance actors demonstrated significant agency to transform the moral economy by disabling and enabling particular forms of moral common sense with specific socio-political outcomes in mind. Namely, to normalize paying for water by shifting the degree of acceptability of contentious financial instruments, economic mechanisms and governance strategies: water pricing and tariffs, cost recovery, and private sector participation. The ascendance of new forms of moral common sense around the social object of paying for water enabled a shift away from impasse in the politics of ‘financing water for all’, particularly in regards to the association between free (or cheap) water, and moral and human rights to water. Indeed, the new constellation of moral common senses can be understood as having ‘made sense’ of paying for water as a means of realizing rights to water, for self and others. This in turn appeared to enable the re-legitimization of the private sector as a global water governance actor.

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