Public-private
partnerships (PPP) and financing for infrastructure
development, a Website maintained by the Transport
and Tourism Division of UNESCAP
What?
PPPs are a policy option available to Governments for
the provision of basic services (eg health, transportation),
which seeks to involve the private sector. As such,
they are an alternative to traditional full public provision
of those services, particularly where the services are
private in their nature and government resources are
limited.
How? To be successful,
the risks and responsibilities associated with service
provision need to be appropriately allocated between the
public and private sectors. UNESCAP's efforts have focused
on this area, particularly in the identification and testing
of good practices that can be replicated as models in
other countries, and in strengthening institutional capacities
to manage the implementation of PPPs.
Upcoming
events: The Asia-Pacific
Ministerial Conference on Public-Private Partnerships
(PPP) for Infrastructure Development
will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea in October
2007. The conference is co-organized by UNESCAP and
hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Budget. For tentative
programmes please refer to:
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