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History RePPPeated – How public-private partnerships are failing
Elisa Van Waeyenberge (SOAS), María José Romero (SOAS/Eurodad)
Presentation slides: https://www.soas.ac.uk/economics/events/file138173.pdf
Currently there is keen political interest in public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a way to leverage private finance. PPPs are increasingly being promoted to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which include economic infrastructure, but also key services such as health and education. Donor governments and financial institutions, such as the World Bank Group have promoted changes in national regulatory frameworks to allow for PPPs, as well as provided advice and finance for PPP projects in both the Global North and South. This session will discuss the general context that gives raise to PPPs as a financing mechanism, and present the Report ‘History RePPPeated – How public-private partnerships are failing’ which discusses ten PPP projects that have been implemented across four continents. The Report illustrates the most common problems encountered by PPPs, challenging the capacity of PPPs to deliver results in the public interest.
Speaker biographies:
Elisa is a Senior Lecturer in Development Economics at SOAS University of London. Her research interests include alternative macroeconomic policies in developing countries, the role of International Financial Institutions across policy and scholarly realms, as well as the financing of infrastructure and public service provision. She has authored several articles on these topics as well as edited books with colleagues, including The Political Economy of Development: The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research, together with Kate Bayliss and Ben Fine.
María José has a degree and master degree in political science from the University of the Republic of Uruguay. She has worked for the European Network on Development (Eurodad) since 2012 as a Policy and Advocacy Manager on private finance and development finance institutions. Before that, she worked on development finance related issues for civil society organisations in Peru and in Uruguay. She has published several articles and civil society reports on PPPs, as well as co-edited ‘History rePPPeated’. In 2018 she started a PhD in Development Economics at SOAS with a research project on PPPs in health and education.
Speakers: Elisa Van Waeyenberge (SOAS), María José Romero (SOAS/Eurodad)
Released by: SOAS Economics Podcasts
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Elisa Van Waeyenberge (SOAS), María José Romero (SOAS/Eurodad)
Presentation slides: https://www.soas.ac.uk/economics/events/file138173.pdf
Currently there is keen political interest in public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a way to leverage private finance. PPPs are increasingly being promoted to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, which include economic infrastructure, but also key services such as health and education. Donor governments and financial institutions, such as the World Bank Group have promoted changes in national regulatory frameworks to allow for PPPs, as well as provided advice and finance for PPP projects in both the Global North and South. This session will discuss the general context that gives raise to PPPs as a financing mechanism, and present the Report ‘History RePPPeated – How public-private partnerships are failing’ which discusses ten PPP projects that have been implemented across four continents. The Report illustrates the most common problems encountered by PPPs, challenging the capacity of PPPs to deliver results in the public interest.
Speaker biographies:
Elisa is a Senior Lecturer in Development Economics at SOAS University of London. Her research interests include alternative macroeconomic policies in developing countries, the role of International Financial Institutions across policy and scholarly realms, as well as the financing of infrastructure and public service provision. She has authored several articles on these topics as well as edited books with colleagues, including The Political Economy of Development: The World Bank, Neoliberalism and Development Research, together with Kate Bayliss and Ben Fine.
María José has a degree and master degree in political science from the University of the Republic of Uruguay. She has worked for the European Network on Development (Eurodad) since 2012 as a Policy and Advocacy Manager on private finance and development finance institutions. Before that, she worked on development finance related issues for civil society organisations in Peru and in Uruguay. She has published several articles and civil society reports on PPPs, as well as co-edited ‘History rePPPeated’. In 2018 she started a PhD in Development Economics at SOAS with a research project on PPPs in health and education.
Speakers: Elisa Van Waeyenberge (SOAS), María José Romero (SOAS/Eurodad)
Released by: SOAS Economics Podcasts