Readiness assessment of public-private partnerships implementation within tanzanian housing projects: Challenges, strategies and approaches

Neema Kavishe, Nicholas Chileshe

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Abstract

Despite the advocated benefits of housing project public-private partnerships (PPPs) such as alleviating the housing problems within the developing countries, the PPPs implementation has yielded mixed results with a number of developing countries facing project management challenges, including high termination rates of PPPs projects. This clearly demonstrates a need for undertaking more PPP empirical studies around the readiness assessment for implementing PPPs. To address the identified knowledge gaps, this study which is underpinned by the theoretical lenses of innovation diffusion theory, seeks to assess and investigate issues around the Tanzanian practitioner's readiness for PPP adoption. This research is empirically informed from semi-structured interviews with ten public and private sector practitioners within the Tanzania housing sector. The standard qualitative technique of content analysis was used for the data as collected. The findings show that the main 4 challenges, which are nested within the structural, relational and cognitive issues affecting the readiness process as: (i) lack of awareness and usage of PPPs framework models during the feasibility and subsequent implementation process; (ii) limited knowledge and skills required for PPPs practitioners exacerbated by poor capacity building; (iii) lack of engagement of experts during the viability and assessment process; and (iv) poor selection process of private partners. The main readiness strategies and approaches were structured around the following: (i) timing and preparation for adoption of strategies; (ii) undertaking of feasibility studies; (iii) usage of PPP frameworks; (iv) utilisation of experts in the assessment process; (v) enhanced capacity building; and (vi) selection of private partners. The results of this study foster a better understanding of the readiness assessment strategies and approaches for successfully implementing PPPs in housing projects. Subsequently, this could lead to improved performance outcomes within a sector and economy acknowledged as having earlier PPPs project terminations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAssociation of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2019 - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference
EditorsChris Gorse, Christopher J Neilson
PublisherAssociation of Researchers in Construction Management
Pages345-354
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9780995546349
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event35th Annual Conference on Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2019 - Leeds, United Kingdom
Duration: 2 Sept 20194 Sept 2019

Publication series

NameAssociation of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2019 - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference

Conference

Conference35th Annual Conference on Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLeeds
Period2/09/194/09/19

Keywords

  • Housing projects
  • Innovation diffusion
  • PPP
  • Readiness assessment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Building and Construction

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