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Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique
Expectations are high regarding the potential benefits of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure development in low-income countries. The development community, led by the G20, the United Nations, and others, expects these partnerships between goverments and private companies in infrastructure service provision to aid "transformational" mega-projects, as well as efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet PPPs have been widely used only since the 1990s, and discussion of their efficacy is still dominated by best-practice guidance, academic studies that focus on developed countries, or ideological criticism. Meanwhile, practitioners have quietly accumulated a large body of empirical evidence on the actual performance of PPPs. The purpose of this book is to summarize and consolidate what this critical mass of evidence-based research indicates about PPPs in low-income countries, and thereby develop a more realistic perspective on the practical value of these mechanisms. With a primary focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, though drawing on critical insights from other regions, it demonstrates that the benefits of such partnerships will only be realised if expectations remain modest and projects are subject to transparent evaluation and competition.
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Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique
Expectations are high regarding the potential benefits of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure development in low-income countries. The development community, led by the G20, the United Nations, and others, expects these partnerships between goverments and private companies in infrastructure service provision to aid "transformational" mega-projects, as well as efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet PPPs have been widely used only since the 1990s, and discussion of their efficacy is still dominated by best-practice guidance, academic studies that focus on developed countries, or ideological criticism. Meanwhile, practitioners have quietly accumulated a large body of empirical evidence on the actual performance of PPPs. The purpose of this book is to summarize and consolidate what this critical mass of evidence-based research indicates about PPPs in low-income countries, and thereby develop a more realistic perspective on the practical value of these mechanisms. With a primary focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, though drawing on critical insights from other regions, it demonstrates that the benefits of such partnerships will only be realised if expectations remain modest and projects are subject to transparent evaluation and competition.
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Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique

Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique

by James Leigland
Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique
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Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique

Public-Private Partnerships in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Evidence-Based Critique

by James Leigland

Overview

Expectations are high regarding the potential benefits of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure development in low-income countries. The development community, led by the G20, the United Nations, and others, expects these partnerships between goverments and private companies in infrastructure service provision to aid "transformational" mega-projects, as well as efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet PPPs have been widely used only since the 1990s, and discussion of their efficacy is still dominated by best-practice guidance, academic studies that focus on developed countries, or ideological criticism. Meanwhile, practitioners have quietly accumulated a large body of empirical evidence on the actual performance of PPPs. The purpose of this book is to summarize and consolidate what this critical mass of evidence-based research indicates about PPPs in low-income countries, and thereby develop a more realistic perspective on the practical value of these mechanisms. With a primary focus on Sub-Saharan Africa, though drawing on critical insights from other regions, it demonstrates that the benefits of such partnerships will only be realised if expectations remain modest and projects are subject to transparent evaluation and competition.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780192606358
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 04/29/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 802,910
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

James Leigland is an independent adviser on technical and policy issues affecting infrastructure investment in developing countries. He is the former technical adviser and head of technical assistance at the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), where he also designed and managed PIDG's Viability Gap Funding program. He served as chairman of the Technical Review Panel for DFID's Nigeria Infrastructure Advisory Facility, and as the Public-Private Partnership Adviser on the PIDA Panel of Experts, a peer review team that evaluated the outputs of the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) on behalf of the African Union, NEPAD, and the African Development Bank. He is also the former Africa team leader of the World Bank's Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) and the founding manager of PPIAF's Sub-National Technical Assistance program.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Evidence-based Critique of PPPs
2. The Performance of PPPs in Developing Countries: The Evidence
3. Case Study: Maputo Toll Road, sub-Saharan Africa's First "Transformational" Transport PPP
4. The Rise and Fall of Brownfield Concessions
5. Case Study: Nelspruit, sub-Sarahan Africa's Last Water Concession
6. Management Contracts: Poor Performance or Misunderstood Objectives?
7. Case Studies: Searching for Successful Management Contracts in sub-Saharan Africa
8. Sub-Saharan Africa's IPP Policy Dilemma
9. Case Studies: IPP Tender Programs in sub-Saharan Africa: Disruptive Moments or Business as Usual?
10. The Future of PPPs in Low-Income Countries: Blended Finance
11. Case Study: Kigali Bulk Water: How Much Blended Finance is Too Much?
12. Conclusions
Appendix: A Cautionary Case Study from South Asia: The Bangladesh BOT Program
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