Critical Reflections on Public Private Partnerships
This book argues that despite the hype within many policy circles, there is actually very little evidence to support the presumed benefits of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in reducing poverty and addressing inequalities in the provision of and access to public services. Taking a cross-sectoral...
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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Oxford
Routledge
2021
Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition | 1 |
| Series | Routledge Explorations in Development Studies |
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISBN | 9780367678067 9780367235666 0367678063 0367235668 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429280450 |
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Table of Contents:
- Findings: what mechanisms and modalities do donors use to finance private for-profit healthcare actors? -- Implications of donor-private sector engagement in health for progress towards universal health coverage -- A challenge to accountable governance? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12 What can be done?: The Abidjan Principles as a human rights framework to evaluate PPPs in education -- Assessing education PPPs -- Human rights activists' response to education PPPs -- What can be done? A short overview of the history of the Abidjan Principles -- The Abidjan principles -- Developing human rights frameworks to regulate the private sector: the specificity of education -- Findings from research in seven African countries -- What is to be done? -- Notes -- References -- Index
- Education PPPs in Nigeria -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 New policy intercessors: Philanthropy and Public Private Partnerships -- Introduction -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8 African universities and the rise of PPPs: Illustrations from Senegal -- Introduction -- Semantic challenges and literature review -- The context of emergence of higher education PPPs in Africa: a mismatch between supply and demand -- PPPs as policy model for the modernisation of African higher education systems -- Higher education infrastructure PPPs: building student housing of excellence in Dakar -- State-subsidised students in private higher education institutions: Senegal's university voucher mechanism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9 Health PPPs in Latin America: A Review -- Introduction -- Defining PPPs -- Latin American health systems and the rise of PPPs -- The rise of PPPs: theory and practice -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 History and characteristics of public private partnerships (PPPs) in the health service system in India -- Introduction -- Defining PPPs -- Historical overview of health services in India and the evolution of PPPs -- Characteristics of PPPs in the health service system -- Consequences of PPPs for accessibility and affordability -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Win-win collaboration?: Understanding donor-private sector engagement in health and its implications for Universal Health Coverage -- Introduction -- What is donor-private sector engagement in health? -- A shifting policy landscape and the rise of private sector partnerships in health: a brief historical overview -- Mapping the scale and scope of donor-private sector engagement in health - overview and methodology of a study focused on four European donors
- Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- List of acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Reflections on Public Private Partnerships: An introduction -- Definitions -- A brief history of PPPs: the private turn in development finance -- PPPs and inequality -- An overview of the chapters -- Comparing across sectors -- Final reflections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Situating PPPs -- Introduction -- From neoliberalism … -- … to variegated commodifications -- From SoPs to material cultures -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Beyond typologies: What is a Public Private Partnership? -- Introduction -- From one typology to another -- PPPs and the financialisation of development -- Beyond typologies: what questions should we be asking? -- Conclusion: to PPP or not PPP, that is not the question! -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Slum Redevelopment in Mumbai as a PPP -- Introduction -- The housing provisioning system in India: public, private, and informal -- Reforms and the liberalisation of the housing sector -- Formal housing for the poor and PPPs -- Slum redevelopment scheme in Mumbai -- The SRS and financialisation of housing provisioning -- Reconfiguring relations between various actors in the housing provisioning system -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Moving the goalposts: Reconfiguring the role of the private sector in the provision of water -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptualising water privatisation -- 3 Phases of water PPPs -- 4 New directions? -- 5 Financialisation -- 6 Issues arising -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Precise evasions: PPPs, aid, and education -- Aid, education privatisation, and PPPs -- Education PPPs and aid initiatives