Anvuur, A; Kumaraswamy, M; (2006) Making PPPs work in developing countries: overcoming common challenges. In: Serpell, A, (ed.) CIB: Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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Abstract

Public private partnership (PPP) has emerged as a more acceptable and beneficial alternative to privatization. Furthermore, the special mind-sets and specific skill-sets needed for successful PPPs are now impacting on the development of construction industries the world over. While their benefits may seem apparent, and of great promise to developing countries in particular, PPP projects present major challenges which, if not adequately addressed, may undermine their very purpose and also lead to a distortion of public sector priorities when choosing which infrastructure to develop. The paper explores these challenges and the implications for developing countries. It also provides an overview of a framework for a Decision Support System (DSS) designed to address the shortfalls in reliable knowledge about when (under what conditions) and how (in what form) PPPs should be mobilised. The DSS framework is being developed as part of an ongoing R&D project that aims to help public procuring agents achieve ‘value for money’ in PPP projects by (1) assisting in ‘better value’ decisions on the ‘PPP-iability’ of proposed projects and (2) providing a means for the live capture, codification and quick transfer of experiential knowledge.

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