scholarly journals Assessment of the Legal and Institutional Framework for the Management of Fiscal Liabilities Arising from Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (08) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Nwangwu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Institutional Framework ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Project Risks

The procurement of infrastructure projects through the use of PPPs has a number of advantages including the potential of reducing life cycle costs, better project risks management and improved service delivery to mention a few. However, PPPs inevitably give rise to liabilities whether explicit or contingent. These liabilities where not properly managed may have adverse economic consequences for countries. This paper finds that whilst Nigeria has appropriate legal and institutional structures for managing fiscal liabilities generally, such structures are not designed or appropriate to deal with fiscal liabilities arising from PPPs. The paper makes suggestions on how this shortcoming may be addressed.

scholarly journals ÖPP – Eine vorteilhafte Beschaffungsvariante für die künftige Infrastrukturgesellschaft

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gernot Sieg ◽  
Berthold U. Wigger
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Highway Projects ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
Open Question

Abstract:Whether or not the government will be able to set the right incentives for the newly founded Infrastrukturgesellschaft (Infrastructure Company), especially for minimizing life cycle costs, remains an open question. During the first few years, human resources that are inevitably tied up in establishing the company are then not available for the management of road works. Beneficial highway projects should not be excluded through a debt limit, but realized by means of Public Private Partnerships. Therefore, even though the Infrastrukturgesellschaft may ultimately improve its ability to build efficient highways in Germany, in the meantime, especially large projects should be achieved through Public Private Partnerships.

scholarly journals Public private partnerships: A possible alternative for delivery of infrastructure projects in Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-109
Author(s):  
Salim Bwanali ◽  
◽  
Pantaleo Rwelamila ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Private Partnerships ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Sustainable Procurement ◽  
Procurement System ◽  
Document Review

It is estimated that Africa needs $93 billion annually until 2020 in order to bridge its infrastructure deficit. It is through significant investment in infrastructure development that economic growth and poverty alleviation can be enhanced. However central to all construction projects is an effective and sustainable procurement system. There is a notable shift by some African governments to turn to the private sector to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure facilities previously provided by the public sector in the form of Public Private Partnerships (PPP’s). As an innovative financing model, PPPs present an opportunity to governments to improve service delivery. Accordingly, this paper focuses on assessing international best practices as to how some developing nations tap into the resources of the private sector in implementing their infrastructure projects. The study is a result of critical review, synthesis and contextualization of relevant academic literature, conference and journal publications. A thorough document review method was employed to assess how some developing countries have institutionalized PPP as part of their development strategy. The paper will be of significant value to senior government officialsasunderstanding the concept and dynamics of PPP will resultin accelerated and effective service delivery.

Life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) for sustainable water service delivery: a study in rural Andhra Pradesh, India

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Ratna Reddy ◽  
N. Jayakumar ◽  
M. Venkataswamy ◽  
M. Snehalatha ◽  
Charles Batchelor
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Water Sector ◽  
Cost Components

This paper illustrates the usefulness of the life-cycle costs approach (LCCA) framework and methodology in addressing slippage and sustainability issues in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in the State of Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. Source sustainability, poor operation and maintenance and water quality are the main reasons for slippage in India. The paper examines the actual cost of provision in 43 villages spread over two agro-climatic zones by cost components that cause slippage and identifies the gaps in (public) investments and how these gaps are responsible for poor, inequitable and unsustainable service delivery. The analysis brings out clearly that government expenditure on WASH is almost exclusively capital expenditure on infrastructure while other important cost components like planning and designing, capital maintenance, source sustainability, water quality, etc., receive little or no allocation. The key message of the paper is that allocations to rural drinking water sector are low at the design and implementation stage but more ends up being spent due to ad hoc interventions and funding allocations for rural water are distorted. It is argued that adoption of LCCA would enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of budget allocations to the drinking water sector.

Life-Cycle Costs of Selected Uniformed Health Professions (Phase II: The Impact of Constraints and Policies on the Optimal-Mix-of-Accession Model)

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shayne Brannman ◽  
Eric W. Christensen ◽  
Ronald H. Nickel ◽  
Cori Rattelman ◽  
Richard D. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Phase Ii ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Optimal Mix ◽  
The Impact

Impacts of Various Maintenance Tasks on Life-cycle Costs of a Power Grid Project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuyan Zhang ◽  
Shuyin Duan ◽  
Fushuan Wen ◽  
Farhad Shahnia ◽  
Qingfang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Power Grid ◽  
Life Cycle Costs

scholarly journals Impact of Cycle Time and Payload of an Industrial Robot on Resource Efficiency

Robotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Florian Stuhlenmiller ◽  
Steffi Weyand ◽  
Jens Jungblut ◽  
Liselotte Schebek ◽  
Debora Clever ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Life Cycle Costs ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Cycle Times ◽  
The Individual

Modern industry benefits from the automation capabilities and flexibility of robots. Consequently, the performance depends on the individual task, robot and trajectory, while application periods of several years lead to a significant impact of the use phase on the resource efficiency. In this work, simulation models predicting a robot’s energy consumption are extended by an estimation of the reliability, enabling the consideration of maintenance to enhance the assessment of the application’s life cycle costs. Furthermore, a life cycle assessment yields the greenhouse gas emissions for the individual application. Potential benefits of the combination of motion simulation and cost analysis are highlighted by the application to an exemplary system. For the selected application, the consumed energy has a distinct impact on greenhouse gas emissions, while acquisition costs govern life cycle costs. Low cycle times result in reduced costs per workpiece, however, for short cycle times and higher payloads, the probability of required spare parts distinctly increases for two critical robotic joints. Hence, the analysis of energy consumption and reliability, in combination with maintenance, life cycle costing and life cycle assessment, can provide additional information to improve the resource efficiency.

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