Potential Pitfalls in PPP Policy Application: Lessons Learned from National Highway Development Programmes in India. (June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tsukada, Shunso
• Is Part Of: Journal of infrastructure development. Volume 5:Number 1(2013)
• Page Start: 87
• Page End: 102
• Publication Date: 2013-06
• Subjects: R4; Highway development -- BOT -- PPP -- project finance -- India -- political process analysis; Infrastructure (Economics) -- Periodicals; City planning -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Periodicals; 363.05
• DOI: 10.1177/0974930613488298
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0974-9306

Abstract

Successfully implementing public–private partnerships (PPP) depend on the establishment of effective policy and institutional frameworks. While such factors play a significant role, practitioners often face obstacles posed by other less visible, and often indefinable, factors. The purpose of this article is to identify such X factors which had delayed the delivery of the National Highway Development Programmes in India, where well-defined policy and institutional frameworks are in place. This article finds that the entangled nature of inter-agency relationships and the resultant faulty selection of PPP policy options were the root causes of delay, which then invited a chain reaction that slowed down the entire process.