The Routledge Companion to Public-Private Partnerships

The Routledge Companion to Public-Private Partnerships
Author: Piet de Vries
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136163301

A public-private partnership (PPP) is a contractual arrangement with appropriate risk sharing between public and private partners for the delivery of public infrastructure or services, which is intended to create value-for-money to the taxpayer. The Routledge Companion to Public-Private Partnerships provides a cutting-edge survey of the field. PPPs remain a highly controversial subject matter globally and this comprehensive and authoritative volume provides a terrific compendium of information for students and scholars charged with understanding, critiquing and advancing this model. With sections devoted to legal aspects, institutional economics perspectives, finance and accountability - the editors draw together an impressive range of contributors from around the world.

The Logic of Public–Private Partnerships

The Logic of Public–Private Partnerships
Author: Graeme A. Hodge
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2019
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 1784716693

This book examines Public–Private Partnerships (PPP), and tracks the movement from early technical optimism to the reality of PPP as a phenomenon in the political economy. Today's economic turbulence sees many PPP assumptions changed: what contracts can achieve, who bears the real risks, where governments get advice and who invests. As the gap between infrastructure needs and available financing widens, governments and businesses both must seek new ways to make contemporary PPP approaches work.

A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure

A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure
Author: Hodge, Graeme A.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2022-04-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1839105887

This timely Research Agenda examines the ways in which public–private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure continue to excite policy makers, governments, research scholars and critics around the world. It analyzes the PPP research journey to date and articulates the lessons learned as a result of the increasing interest in improving infrastructure governance. Expert international contributors explore how PPP ideas have spread, transferred and transformed, and propose a range of future research directions.

The Public Productivity and Performance Handbook

The Public Productivity and Performance Handbook
Author: Marc Holzer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2021-07-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000402266

A productive society is dependent upon high-performing government. This third edition of The Public Performance and Productivity Handbook includes chapters from leading scholars, consultants, and practitioners to explore all of the core elements of improvement. Completely revised and focused on best practice, the handbook comprehensively explores managing for high performance, measurement and analysis, costs and finances, human resources, and cutting-edge organizational tools. Its coverage of new and systematic management approaches and well-defined measurement systems provides guidance for organizations of all sizes to improve productivity and performance. The contributors discuss such topics as accountability, organizational effectiveness after budget cuts, the complementary roles of human capital and “big data,” and how to teach performance management in the classroom and in public organizations. The handbook is accompanied by an online companion volume providing examples of performance measurement and improvement manuals across a wide variety of public organizations. The Public Performance and Productivity Handbook, Third Edition, is required reading for all public administration practitioners, as well as for students and scholars interested in the state of the public performance and productivity field.

Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol I

Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol I
Author: Simon Hakim
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2022-01-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030834840

This book discusses the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in global transportation infrastructure. Seen as a way to provide vital services in an era of shrinking government budgets, public-private partnerships have become an increasingly important part of travel infrastructure worldwide. This book describes and analyzes the structure of various models of PPPs in various countries, evaluating their effectiveness, and drawing policy implications for future use. Written by leading international researchers and practitioners in the transportation field, each chapter is a case study on the adoption, implementation, and outcome of transportation services in different municipalities. Taken together, these diverse case studies provide an integrated framework for evaluating and using PPPs. Providing rigorous empirical analysis of PPPs in transportation, this volume will be of interest to researchers in public administration, political science, and economics as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in establishing and monitoring PPPs in transportation.

Revisiting Public-Private Partnerships

Revisiting Public-Private Partnerships
Author: Tharun Dolla
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2023-12-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3031370155

This edited volume discusses the resilience of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a comparative lens, the book assesses the degree to which global PPP infrastructure projects have been affected by the pandemic and details short term and long-term measures undertaken by governments and private parties to mitigate disruption to infrastructure delivery. Secondly, it focuses on improving the state-of-art knowledge by suggesting future directions to be taken by governments, practitioners, and researchers in order to create resilience in infrastructure projects when using PPPs as the delivery model. Chapters present diverse case studies of PPP governance across countries, covering topics such as regulatory issues, risk management, financing, contractual governance, arbitration, and stakeholder management. Providing a systematic review, assessment, and research agenda on lessons learned from the pandemic, this volume will appeal to researchers and students of public administration, public economics, construction management, infrastructure management, and public management, as well as practitioners and government professionals.

The Institutional Context of Public–Private Partnerships

The Institutional Context of Public–Private Partnerships
Author: Biygautane, Mhamed
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1802200142

Based on original empirical data collected from three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, this engaging book offers comprehensive insights into the institutional environment of public–private partnership (PPP) from a unique and under-explored context.

Assessing the Performance Advantage of Public-Private Partnerships

Assessing the Performance Advantage of Public-Private Partnerships
Author: Stefan Verweij
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-11-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1800889208

This timely book questions the premise that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have a performance advantage over traditionally procured projects, an assumption that motivates policymakers worldwide to enter into such contracts. Taking stock of novel research comparing the differences in performance between PPP and traditionally procured infrastructure projects and services, the chapters in this book thoughtfully scrutinise this supposed advantage.

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management
Author: Bent Flyvbjerg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191046175

The Oxford Handbook of Megaproject Management provides state-of-the-art scholarship in the emerging field of megaproject management. Megaprojects are large, complex projects which typically cost billions of dollars and impact millions of people, like building a high-speed rail line, a megadam, a national health or pensions IT system, a new wide-body aircraft, or staging the Olympics. The book contains 25 chapters written especially for this volume, covering all aspects of megaproject management, from front-end planning to actual project delivery, including how to deal with stakeholders, risk, finance, complexity, innovation, governance, ethics, project breakdowns, and scale itself. Individual chapters cover the history of the field and relevant theory, from behavioral economics to lock-in and escalation to systems integration and theories of agency and power. All geographies are covered - from the US to China, Europe to Africa, South America to Australia - as are a wide range of project types, from "hard" infrastructure to "soft" change projects. In-depth case studies illustrate salient points. The Handbook offers a rigorous, research-oriented, up-to-date academic view of the discipline, based on high-quality data and strong theory. It will be an indispensable resource for students, academics, policy makers, and practitioners.

Public Private Partnerships and Constitutional Law

Public Private Partnerships and Constitutional Law
Author: Nikiforos Meletiadis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2018-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0429821808

Annually, the government commits significant expenditure to a type of public contracts which are known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) or the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). These contracts bind the public purse for decades in sectors such as Health, Defence and Detention, and involve the assignment of a significant role to the private sector in the provision of public services. This book explores the controversial subject of the public accountability of these contracts, and the corresponding large sums of public money involved. It explains how public accountability works for PPPs and the PFI, and it argues that it should be provided as part of the Economic Constitution. Drawing comparative understandings from the UK and the USA constitutional legal traditions, the book investigates public accountability from the perspective of the Economic Constitution, focusing on three accountability criteria - legal, accounting and administrative. In doing so, it provides an analysis which informs both from the perspective of academic research and from that of legal and consulting practice.