they said that engaging the private sector in waste management, the sanitation situation of urban cities in the developing world would appreciate. However, for several decades of embracing this public-private partnership model in sanitation management, it appears nothing significantly has occurred with respect to the sanitation situation. Where is the economy, effectiveness and efficiency? Is it illusory? what really goes wrong with PPPs in the developing world??
I chanced upon this article and could be very influential in this discourse
"Decades of public-private partnership in solid waste management: A literature analysis of key lessons drawn from Ghana and India" Management of Environmental Quality, An International Journal, Vol. 28 Iss: 1, pp.78 - 93
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MEQ-05-2015-0098
It may mostly hinge on the kind of contracts the city authorities enter into as well as the regulatory capacity of the public partners. It is usually the partnership deed, the issues before, during and aftermath of the deed which together determine the robustness of PPP in solid waste management. The papers below could be of immense benefit.
Decades of public-private partnership in solid waste management: A literature analysis of key lessons drawn from Ghana and India. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 28(1), 78-93
Involvement of private actors in the provision of urban sanitation services; potential challenges and precautions: A conceptual paper. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 26(2), 270-287
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MEQ-08-2014-0130
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MEQ-05-2015-0098
My two cents on this would be if we know enough to generalize the pattern or if enough study is available. Serious efforts can be made by developing a distribution function of the reasons from the samples, and build hypothesis that PPP is going wrong, which can then be studied further.
I actually know of two counterexamples. Please, refer to the case of Sao Paulo in Brazil and also Montevideo, in Uruguay. I don't have references with me right now but I positively know there's a growing number of studies related to successful waste-management projects in both countries involving public-private partnerships.
This might be helpful.
Article SWOT ANALYSIS OF URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BAL...
You need to also factor in issues related to corruption because some of these PPP agreements are basically avenues of handing over public utilities to coronies to enrich themselves and Monitoring of implementation is often weak or nonexistent.
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