PPP Policy
a. b. c.
Information sharing: Providing information to stakeholders, including what the PPP programme’s ambitions are and how it helps achieve the country’s policy goals; Feedback: Obtaining information from stakeholders, including feedback on specific components on the PPP Policy; and Decision-making: Determining when stakeholders are expected to take part in joint decisions during the development or implementation of the PPP Policy.
2.6 SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis
Another policy analysis tool that can be useful in formulating a PPP policy is the SWOT analysis. The SWOT analysis is generally prepared by the PPP policy team from the perspective of the government. The analysis involves two levels: a.
Internal (S) Strengths and (W) Weaknesses: The strengths and weaknesses in terms of the government’s internal capacity to introducing PPPs and the advantages and disadvantages to the public sector.
b.
External (O) Opportunities and (T) Threats: The external factors that could affect the delivery of PPPs, and the positive and negative potential effects of the PPP programme on stakeholders outside the government (i.e. private sector, civil society).
Textbox 2.7: SWOT Analysis Strengths Weeknessess Opportunities Threats Identify the
Identify
Identify
Identify threats to the
government’s
weaknesses of
opportunities for
introduction of PPPs
main strengths
the government’s
the introduction
that are external to
with regard to
with regard to
of PPPs that
government.
introducting PPPs.
introducting PPPs.
are external to government.
These could
These could
These could
These could include
include ability
include lack
include
resistance from
to pass laws to
of capacity,
demonstrated
organised labor, low
procure public
insufficient funds
private sector
interest from investors,
projects or to
to prepare
interest, external
mistaken perceptions
regulate markets.
projects and so
support being
of privatisation, low
on.
offered, demand
income levels of
for infrastructure,
users/ taxpayers
etc.
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Small market and
of projects.
project sizes