Uncovering Effective Practices for Improving Public-Private Partnerships in Member Countries of the World Bank Group

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) emerged as a cross-sectorial mechanism of potentialities and opportunities for governments to initiate or speed up the development of infrastructure. The World Bank Group (WBG) provides assistance to member countries to finance infrastructure projects. However, the introduction of new guidelines on PPPs procurement poses some challenges. To meet the requirements, countries have to restructure their governance system or create new units and regulations. The requirements are in place for effectiveness and efficiency throughout the entire PPP project process from project preparation to project deactivation. The literature on PPPs posits that failure or success of PPPs depends on the effectiveness of governance factors and therefore, more advanced economies perform better than less advanced ones. However, there is gap in the literature in that it focuses on general factors while at the same time omitting the stages of PPP procurements and the sub-categories. Using data from the Procuring Infrastructure Public- Private Partnerships Report 2018, the Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) database, and the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) database, the research ran a multivariate regression. The researcher found that focusing on PPP procurement stages and subcategories better informs governments and practitioners in both developing and developed economies of the specific elements for better performance.https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/business_strome/1003/thumbnail.jp

The Enforcement of the 2008 Decree on General Public Procurement Procedures and Service Delegation in Burkina Faso: Its Influence on the Management System

This research project, titled, The Enforcement of the 2008 Decree on General Public Procurement Procedures and Service Delegation in Burkina Faso: Its Influence on the Management System, was conducted by Kouliga Koala, a student in the Department of Government at Minnesota State University, Mankato as a requirement for completing the Master of Public Administration in May 2016. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the management system in two public procurement institutions in Burkina Faso. The research examined the influence of the 2008 Decree adopted in Burkina Faso on the management system using the theory of mechanistic and organic management systems by Burns & Stalker (1961). Four characteristics of the mechanistic and organic systems were used: The accomplishment of tasks, work habits, communication style, and knowledge possession. Over-the-phone interviews were conducted. Overall, ten (10) interviewees were reached and each answered eight questions. The answers of all ten (10) were considered in the analysis. The results showed that the management system of the two institutions is organic because collaboration is mostly valued in the work relationships. Collaboration is employed so that managers’ and employees’ work focuses on the mission of the institution instead of traditional views of hierarchy, unquestionable instructions, and obedience

Governance Impact on Public-Private Partnerships for Member Countries of the World Bank Group

Member countries of the World Bank Group (WBG) increasingly turn to public-private partnerships (PPPs) to finance their transportation infrastructure projects due to the financial burden of undertaking big projects on their own. The World Bank coordinates the PPPs between investors and recipient countries. PPPs are expected to produce positive outcomes that respond to policy objectives. However, the outcomes and benefits of PPPs not only depend on several factors, but more importantly on how those factors interact with one another to yield the expected outcomes. This dissertation has identified good governance, PPP governance, and PPP outcome as the key concepts in the examination of the value that PPPs bring to countries that receive transportation PPP contracts. Using secondary data, the study explores the relationships between the three major concepts and assesses the possible mediating role of the internationally recognized PPP practices on the relationship between good governance and PPP outcome. The relationships are also examined for groups of countries based on their income level. The dissertation uses the overarching theory of good governance to explore these relationships. The dissertation analyzes the relationships using multivariate regression in the generalized structural equation modeling (GSEM) in the STATA package. Most of the hypotheses set in the study were supported. Recommendations are made to the World Bank and member countries to conduct effective transportation PPP contracts. The contribution to theory and practice is discussed. A framework for examining the relationships is provided