Deriving Macroeconomic Benefits from Public–Private Partnerships in Developing Asia
Lee, Minsoo; Han, Xuehui; Gaspar, Raymond; Alano, Emmanuel | August 2018
Abstract
The provision of infrastructure and related services in developing Asia via public–private partnership (PPP) increased rapidly during the late 1990s. Theoretical arguments support the potential economic benefits of PPPs, but empirical evidence is thin. This paper develops a framework identifying channels through which economic gains can be derived from PPP arrangement. The framework helps derive an empirically tractable specification that examines how PPPs affect the aggregate economy. Empirical results suggest that increasing the ratio of PPP investment to GDP improves access to and quality of infrastructure services, and economic growth will potentially be higher. But this optimism is conditional, especially on the region’s efforts to further upgrade its technical and institutional capacity to handle complex PPP contracts.
Citation
Lee, Minsoo; Han, Xuehui; Gaspar, Raymond; Alano, Emmanuel. 2018. Deriving Macroeconomic Benefits from Public–Private Partnerships in Developing Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8648. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
2313-6537 (print)
2313-6545 (electronic)
Keywords
Financial & Private Sector Development
Private Sector Investments
Private Sector Participation
Private Sector Projects
Public Sector Infrastructure
Public Sector Management
Public Sector Projects
Private enterprises
Private ownership
Government
Public enterprises
Public finance
Infrastructure projects
Development projects
Financial loss
Central local government relations
Administration
Decentralization in government
Subnational governments
Government monopolies
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Investment of public funds
Local finance
Government services
State governments
Municipal government
Bank failures
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