scholarly journals LIFECYCLE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS: A CASE STUDY IN CHINA’S WATER SECTOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 516-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengyu Bao ◽  
Igor Martek ◽  
Chuan Chen ◽  
Albert P. C. Chan ◽  
Yao Yu
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Water Plant ◽  
Conceptual Performance

Numerous public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects have been operating in China after nearly 30 years of development. Surprisingly, few lessons and experiences have been drawn from these existing cases, thereby creating an urgent demand for a comprehensive evaluation of their performance. Thus, this paper presents a timely contribution to the assessment of a representative PPP project in China’s water sector, the Chengdu No. 6 Water Plant B Project, from a lifecycle perspective. Through a triangulation method, the project is generally deemed a success providing instructive lessons on the future evolutionary development of PPPs in China despite several imperfections caused by particular historical factors. Moreover, this paper advances the performance measurement of PPPs offering empirical insights to promote the efficacy of conceptual performance measurement frameworks. The outcomes of this research are especially valuable to the current Chinese PPP community where huge opportunities and challenges simultaneously exist.

Public–private partnership in the water sector in Romania: success or failure?

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1249-1256 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Iliescu ◽  
S. Popescu ◽  
M. Dragomir ◽  
D. Dragomir
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Policy Instrument ◽  
The Other ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Application Potential

The paper is focused on analyzing the public–private partnerships (PPP) in the water sector in Romania. A methodology based on the system lifecycle approach of ISO/IEC 15288:2008 is proposed to study the challenges in designing and implementing this type of policy instrument. The authors use structured approaches for investigating key issues related to PPP projects and they also illustrate the application potential of the concept by comparing two categories of projects, through a case study. One of the studied project categories refers to successful implementations of PPP, whilst the other refers to failures, thus showcasing the power of abstractization of systems engineering in understanding the real issues involved in these undertakings and allowing for improvement opportunities to be discovered.

Using Systems Analysis and Dynamics to Evaluate Public Private Partnerships with Data and Best Practices from SAFER Santa Rosa

2015 ◽  
pp. 195-216
Author(s):  
Daniel Hahn
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Federal Organizations ◽  
Original Case

Public private partnerships have been gaining the interest of emergency management and security-related federal organizations. In 2010, the National Academies Press published a framework for resilience-focused private-public sector collaboration which may be the catalyst for how resilience-oriented public private partnerships are developed in the future (National Academies Press. 2010). Public private partnerships can be utilized to increase citizen awareness and preparedness, to address a specific need in a community, or to accomplish any other function that brings a community and government together. “Utilized correctly, a public private partnership is a win-win situation for all participants” (Hahn, 2010, p. 274). Although perceived as very successful, no prior systems analysis has been conducted on these partnerships. In this chapter, a successful public private partnership is evaluated using systems analysis techniques. Results of that analysis, along with details of the original case study and the public private partnership itself are presented.

Privileges and Immunities of Global Public-Private Partnerships: A Case study of the Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davinia Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Global Fund ◽  
Institutional Design ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Scholarly Literature

AbstractThe question of whether it is at all appropriate to extend privileges and immunities regimes beyond international organizations to the increasingly ubiquitous global public-private partnership structure has received little attention to date in the scholarly literature. This article examines this question through a study of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a permanent global public-private partnership that formally incorporates non-state actors as equal players in its core governance structures. The article concludes that considerations of genesis and administrative law-type analyses of institutional design may, to some extent, substitute for the constituent treaty of classical international law in order to identify which global public-private partnerships should benefit from privileges and immunities, as well as the specific privileges and immunities to be granted in each case to facilitate the effective fulfilment of these partnerships' mandates.

Regulation performance of public–private partnerships in the Portuguese water sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Cunha Marques ◽  
Hugo Consciência Silvestre
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Mediation Process ◽  
Water Services ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Regulatory Structure ◽  
Institutional Economic ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Portuguese Water

Starting from transaction costs (and new institutional economic approaches, this study sought to understand the influence of the regulatory structure and incentives on the performance of public–private partnerships in Portugal. The findings of this case study show that agency participation in the mediation process between parties is time consuming and improper from a technical perspective; in addition, the agency is captured by political interests, which does not favor users’ interests or the sustainability of water services. Thus, the regulatory structure and incentives cannot be dependent on political nominations, and existing contractual rules need to be reassigned.

Public–Private Partnerships in Ecotourism Development in Protected Areas: A Case Study of Tunkinsky National Park in Russia

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1700
Author(s):  
Lyudmila MAKSANOVA ◽  
Sembrika IVANOVA ◽  
Darima BUDAEVA ◽  
Alyona ANDREEVA
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Natural Resource Management ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
National Park ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Potential Demand

This paper discusses the opportunities offered by public–private partnerships in developing ecotourism infrastructure in protected areas. The paper also addresses the issues contributing to threats and conflicts while implementing infrastructure projects. In order to fulfil research objectives, the authors employ a sociological instrument. Using a snowball method, the authors selected 34 experts with professional competencies in tourism development, natural resource management, protected area management, and public-private partnerships. The results of this study demonstrate a potential demand for the mechanisms of public-private partnerships when developing ecotourism infrastructure. Using the case study of Tunkinsky National Park, the authors identified potential threats and conflicts in the process of preparation and delivery of public-private partnership projects for ecotourism infrastructure development.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from Mbombela, South Africa, in Public-Private Partnerships in the Water Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. p37
Author(s):  
Dr. Jeremy D. Gorelick ◽  
Neil Diamond
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
African City ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Successes And Challenges

For urban dwellers around the world, basic water services are provided by city administrations. However, in developing countries, cities lack both the human and financial resources to ensure adequate services, particularly to some of their most vulnerable populations. As a result, public entities often consider turning to the private sector for assistance, which may lead to a series of adverse and unintended consequences. The following case study describes the experiences of the South African city of Mbombela, arguably one of the most successful Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the water sector in sub-Saharan Africa, through its successes and challenges.

scholarly journals Enhancing the Macedonian Health System through Implementation of the Public-Private Partnership Model

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr.Sc. Iskra Belazelkoska Borizovska ◽  
Dr.Sc. Ljubomir Kekenovski
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
The Public ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Partnership Model

The research involves determination of the extent to which the public-private partnership model can contribute to the improvement and enhancement of the healthcare services in Macedonia. To achieve this purpose, the research embraces comprehension of the common advantages and disadvantages of this model, encompassed with a case study of the public-private partnership in the specialized-consultative health protection for the health activity-dialysis, together with other efforts to ensure high quality health protection. It also reflects the attitudes of the public authorities and private sector entities regarding the significance of the public-private partnership model, consideration of the advantages and disadvantages before entering public-private partnerships and the ways public-private partnerships affect the employees and employments.The study outlines planned and realised efforts to implement this model to ensure better and more efficient healthcare system.Generally, the results from the survey and the outlined case study present this model as good solution for many healthcare challenges, since public-private partnerships offer different services to the citizens that neither the public nor the private sector could separately achieve. The public-private partnership model leads to new employment opportunities according to the opinion of the public authorities, while the private sector entities consider that public-private partnerships increase the responsibility of the employees in such partnership in comparison to the public sector. The outlined case study is an example of successful public-private partnership model in the field of healthcare and can serve as motivation for further implementation of this model to ensure better, enhanced and modern health system.

scholarly journals Development of the public-private partnership conception in the international legal environment

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 950-971
Author(s):  
Svetlana V. Maslova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Organizations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Public Private Partnership ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
People First ◽  
Key Aspects

The article is devoted to the key aspects and stages of the conceptualization, formation and evolutionary development of public-private partnership (PPP) at the international level. Among the approaches of international organizations to PPP, the one that consolidates the concept of PPP with the UN’s S Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is highlighted. The interest in it is due to a very noticeable revitalization of a large number of international organizations in this direction. The foreign doctrine is still only forming a request to improve the PPP concept based on the best “Value for Money” through the efforts of the social value of PPP. However, in the approaches of international organizations, a new format of PPP, based on Value for People, is already being proposed. Is the proposed transformation evolutionary for the concept of PPP or is it nothing more than a large-scale campaign to popularize PPP in support of the SDGs? Finding the answer to this question and its argumentation is the purpose of the article. Based on the analysis of international PPP standards, an attempt is made to reveal the main elements and targets of the updated concept of “People-first Public-Private Partnerships”. Some examples of its practical implementation in the national legal framework of some states and the practice of PPP are provided. At the same time, the article undertakes a critical analysis of the relationship between the SDGs and “People-first Public-Private Partnerships” not only in terms of its ideology, but also in the context of legal relations developing within the framework of “People-first Public-Private Partnerships”.

Partners or Managers? A Case Study of Public–Private Partnerships in New York City

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine DiMartino ◽  
Eustace Thompson
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
District Leaders ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Private Partnership ◽  
Educational Vision

This case tells the story of a failed public–private partnership. It illustrates how stakeholders, encouraged by the current political context, rushed into a partnership without establishing a basis for mutual understanding and expectations. As a result of this hasty arrangement, questions emerged over who ultimately controlled decisions related to curriculum and personnel issues. This case speaks to educational school and district leaders as well as private sector actors interested in becoming involved in public education. Students studying this case should examine the power and potential of memos of understanding and contracts, the importance of a unified educational vision and the successes and pitfalls of public–private partnerships.

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