Journal article

Analyzing Configurational Paths for Successful PPPs in Indian Urban Drinking Water Sector

Venkata Raghu Rama Swamy Dharmapuri Tirumala, Piyush Tiwari, Anil Sawhney, Krishnan Kodumudi Pranatharthiharan

Journal of Infrastructure Systems | American Society of Civil Engineers | Published : 2020

Abstract

Over the last three decades, public–private partnership projects have emerged as strong alternative service delivery mechanisms to conventional public sector initiatives. The results, however, have been a mix of failures and successes. The determinants of success and failure of such arrangements have generated much interest among stakeholders and the research community, but the combinations of factors that influence the success of public–private partnership projects are relatively less researched. This article investigates the relationships among the complex factors that influence the success of such arrangements, using urban drinking water projects in India as an example. Eighteen projects ..

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