Social challenge/ impact linked to:

Level of importance

1 - High Importance / must have

Description

There is no single definition of a PPP but broadly they are interactions between public and private sector actors in which public purposes are served (Koonts & Thomas, 2012). When designed well and implemented in a balanced regulatory environment, PPPs can bring greater efficiency and sustainability to the provision of public services such as energy, transport, telecommunications, water, healthcare, and education. PPPs can also allow for better allocation of risk between public and private entities (World Bank, 2019).

FROM KOONTS & THOMAS, 2012: The classification scheme presented here is based on the criterion of control (i.e., carried out by government or third parties), which echoes the typology used by Frederickson and Frederickson (2006), and is based on one of the multiple dimensions Salamon (2002) used to classify policy tools (Koonts & Thomas, 2012). 

Scale as linked to D2.2 framework

• City
• Neighborhood
• Project Area

Data source and input type

• PPP contracts

Connection with SDGs

• Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
• Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Required Data

• The number of pre-existing public-private partnerships in the area of intervention which support participatory processes.
• The type of programme must first be identified:

• Grants and cost-sharing programs:

  • number and dollar amounts of grants and contracts awarded to recipients

• regulatory programs:

  number of rules written, standards set, monitoring actions, and citations issued.

• infrastructure construction and maintenance programs:

  physical condition of infrastructure

• research programs:

  data gathered and papers written

  extent to which data + papers are used by other people e.g. citations.

• Technical assistance programs:

  how such assistance is used by target populations

Expected Outputs

• Information about PPPs following the end of these partnerships compared to before. 

Calculation methods

• Analysis of contracts and outputs 

Level of expertise required

• Medium

Links and references

• World Bank, 2019. Public-Private Partnerships. Public-Private Partnerships Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
• Koonts, T.M. & Thomas, C.W. 2012. Measuring the Performance of Public-Private Partnerships: A Systematic Method for Distinguishing Outputs from Outcomes. Public Performance & Management Review, 35:4, 769-786