Strengthening Public-Private Partnership in Sri Lanka’s Infrastructure Development Project: The Colombo Port Case

Infrastructure has been a key component to Sri Lanka’s economic and social development especially through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), but Sri Lanka is currently at a crossroads in term of fostering its PPP framework for infrastructure. This study sets out to examine and delineate the current landscape as well as the future prospects of Sri Lanka’s PPP with the particular reference to the Colombo Port Expansion projects implemented since 1999 as a proxy for Sri Lanka’s outlook of infrastructure PPP. It further contends that a given rule-of-thumb on PPP projects is not feasible in developing countries given their economic and political volatility, but positive changes in government strategies and policies can be suggested for better practices and effectiveness in Sri Lanka’s infrastructure PPP. Rather than simply suggesting a positive-descriptive overview of the Colombo Port case, this study advances the proper management of the PPP unit as a critical juncture for strengthening the future landscape of Sri Lanka’s PPP initiatives.

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Digital Divide in Turkey

Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-699-0.ch005 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 75-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mete Yildiz

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Digital Divide ◽

International Organizations ◽

Private Firms ◽

Future Prospects ◽

Discussion Section ◽

The Future ◽

The Government

This chapter examines the nature of digital divide in Turkey. To this end, after a brief summary of the literature, first, the dimensions of digital divide in the country are explained. Then, various initiatives by the government, private firms, NGOs, and international organizations to combat digital divide are presented. Next, in the discussion section, issues for further discussion regarding digital divide in Turkey are listed. The chapter ends with the examination of the issues regarding the future prospects for overcoming digital divide in Turkey and developing countries elsewhere.

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Conclusion

10.1093/oso/9780198853008.003.0006 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 112-128

Author(s):

Andy Sumner

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Employment Growth ◽

Developing World ◽

Value Added ◽

Detailed Account ◽

Future Prospects ◽

Global Inequality ◽

Middle Income ◽

The Future

The intellectual contribution of the book has been to provide a detailed account of the contemporary processes of stalled industrialization, deindustrialization, and tertiarization as well as on their characteristics, drivers, and consequences in the developing world. Furthermore, the book has connected empirically and theoretically the phenomena of stalled industrialization, deindustrialization, and tertiarization, the emergence of a GVC world, and global inequality. This concluding chapter summarizes the book’s content and restates the main arguments of the book. There is discussion of the future prospects for developing countries and the ‘tertiary trilemma’ they face, specifically: Should middle-income developing countries pursue higher-value-added services-led growth which is unequalizing and has weaker employment growth? Or should they rather seek lower-value-added services-led growth which has higher employment growth? Or should they instead pursue the shrinkage of services and subsidize re-industrialization-led growth?

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Critical factors affecting the performance of large construction projects in developing countries

Journal of Engineering Design and Technology ◽

10.1108/jedt-05-2019-0130 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 531-556

Author(s):

Djoen San Santoso ◽

Polwatta Gallage Madusha Piumal Gallage

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Local Context ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Critical Factors ◽

Content Type ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Purpose This paper aims to analyse the factors affecting the performance of large construction projects in Sri Lanka. The causes, impacts and mitigations in association with the critical factors are explored and discussed. Design/methodology/approach The research focuses on the evaluation and perspectives of clients and contractors of large projects in Sri Lanka. Combined quantitative and qualitative methods were applied in this research. Initially, a questionnaire survey was conducted with clients and contractors involved in large projects to evaluate the factors affecting the performance of projects and to identify the ten most critical factors. Interviews with the clients and contractors of three large projects were conducted to examine the causes and impacts of the critical factors and the approaches used to mitigate them. Findings Significant differences in the factors were observed for more than 40 per cent of the total factors under study, the contractors assigning more weight to most of the factors than the clients. The study identified nine internal factors and one external factor as the critical factors. Of these, seven were related to the contractors, which suggested that the contractors have greater roles in defining performance. Lack of management and technical skills of the parties involved, human capacity, lack of understanding and knowledge of the local context, changes in government policies and political interference were identified as significant causes of the critical factors. Originality/value The study analysed the factors affecting the performance of large projects in Sri Lanka, which, at the time of research, had just ended a 26-year-long civil war and was pushing the construction of large projects to be competitive. The challenges faced in this effort were explored as lessons learnt that might improve the efficiency and effectiveness of infrastructure development in Sri Lanka. The combined quantitative and qualitative methods applied in this study are expected to provide new insights in the project performance research, especially the interviews of the critical factors to gain an understanding on how the factors occurred and manifested themselves in real projects. The findings are, however, expected to be applicable to other developing countries that are currently aggressively developing their large infrastructure.

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Strengthening Public-Private Partnership in Sri Lanka’s Infrastructure Development Project: The Colombo Port Case

Asian International Studies Review ◽

10.16934/isr.20.1.201906.91 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 91-120

Author(s):

김태균 ◽

Manjula Pradeep ◽

Sang Jun Lee

Keyword(s):

Development Project ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Private Partnership

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Case Study of Public-Private Partnership on Infrastruc-ture Projects of Tibar Bay Port in Timor-Leste

International Journal of Engineering, Science and Information Technology ◽

10.52088/ijesty.v1i3.79 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 11-16

Author(s):

Zeferino Soares Lopes ◽

Fredy Kurniawan ◽

Julistyana Tistogondo

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

National Development ◽

Public Private Partnership ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Developed Country ◽

Private Partnership ◽

Timor Leste ◽

The Future ◽

The Government ◽

To Come

Public - Private Partnership (PPP) offers many potential benefits for the government in providing infrastructure facilities. However, the implementation of the Public Private Partnership project is not easy. Infrastructure Development is one of the development priorities in developed and developing countries, including Timor-Leste. As one of the priorities of national development, cost limitations are the main problem faced by the government. Therefore, to overcome the lack of funding, the government can involve the private sector in terms of providing funds to finance the construction of infrastructure facilities.The Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (RDTL) must have good regulations to achieve the goals of Timor-Leste in the future through cooperation between the government and the private sector. Good regulation is one of the best ways for good cooperation between the government and the private sector.In this study, the chosen location is the Tibar Bay Port in Timor-Leste. Based on the results of research that has been done, infrastructure development efforts do not have to rely on the Timor-Leste government as a single actor, the involvement of other parties such as the private sector is also needed for infrastructure development. The Government of Timor-Leste is fulfilling a big dream for the the future through the development of infrastructure in accordance with the strategic development plan for 2011-2030 to come, because the Government of Timor-Leste prepares a bright future for a country to become a developed country like other countries.

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Analisis Ketergantungan China-Sri Lanka dalam Proyek Pembangunan Pelabuhan Hambantota Tahun 2007-2017

Nation State: Journal of International Studies ◽

10.24076/nsjis.2020v3i1.195 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 71-83

Author(s):

Vivi Ariesta Nurjayanti

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Third World ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Development Project ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Belt And Road Initiative ◽

Port Development ◽

Belt And Road ◽

Strategic Position ◽

The Belt And Road

The purpose of this research is that the reader can find out the problem of Sri Lanka's dependence on China in the Hambantota Port development project which ultimately ended up as a debt trap. In this research authors used qualitative research methods. And from the results of research that has been done, it is found that basically the cooperation carried out by China and Sri Lanka is a collaboration between hegemon countries and third world countries. Debt trap diplomacy itself has close links with other Chinese policies, namely the Belt and Road Initiative, this policy focuses on infrastructure development which includes the construction of railroad networks, the construction of roads to ports located in the territories of other countries and has a strategic position and will good impact for the achievement of Chinese interests in realizing the "new Silk Road". Sri Lanka proposed cooperation to build the port of Hambantota with the aim of helping to improve Sri Lanka's economy. Cooperation that is expected to have a positive impact on Sri Lanka actually brings disaster, because it leads to a debt trap that makes Sri Lanka must hand over the port of Hambantota to the China’s government.

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Digital Divide in Turkey

Digital Literacy ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1852-7.ch037 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 721-734 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mete Yildiz

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Digital Divide ◽

International Organizations ◽

Private Firms ◽

Future Prospects ◽

Discussion Section ◽

The Future ◽

The Government

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Developing tools to link environmental flows science and its practice in Sri Lanka

Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences ◽

10.5194/piahs-364-204-2014 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 364 ◽

pp. 204-209

Author(s):

N. Eriyagma ◽

K. Jinapala

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Water Resources ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Environmental Flows ◽

Well Being ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Development Phase ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

Estuarine Ecosystems

Abstract. The term "Environmental Flows (EF)" may be defined as "the quantity, timing and quality of water flows required to sustain freshwater and estuarine ecosystems and the human livelihoods and well-being that depend on these ecosystems". It may be regarded as "water for nature" or "environmental demand" similar to crop water requirements, industrial or domestic water demand. The practice of EF is still limited to a few developed countries such as Australia, South Africa and the UK. In many developing countries EF is rarely considered in water resources planning and is often deemed "unimportant". Sri Lanka, being a developing country, is no exception to this general rule. Although the country underwent an extensive irrigation/water resources development phase during the 1960s through to the 1980s, the concept of EF was hardly considered. However, as Sri Lanka's water resources are being exploited more and more for human usage, ecologists, water practitioners and policymakers alike have realized the importance of EF in sustaining not only freshwater and estuarine ecosystems, but also their services to humans. Hence estimation of EF has been made mandatory in environmental impact assessments (EIAs) of all large development projects involving river regulation/water abstraction. Considering EF is especially vital under the rapid urbanization and infrastructure development phase that dawned after the end of the war in the North and the East of the country in 2009. This paper details simple tools (including a software package which is under development) and methods that may be used for coarse scale estimation of EF at/near monitored locations on major rivers of Sri Lanka, along with example applications to two locations on River Mahaweli. It is hoped that these tools will help bridge the gap between EF science and its practice in Sri Lanka and other developing countries.

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