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Road is a significant asset to any country, both in terms of physical investment, social
integration, and economic benefits by linking agricultural areas to national or regional
markets. The construction and maintenance of road infrastructure in Ethiopia is
affected by several challenges like; scarcity of funds, poor performance, corruption,
poor planning and project formulation, lack of coordination between stakeholders,
poor project management system, and change orders. PPPs are the best option to
overcome the above challenges, by capitalizing on the relational networks between
governments and private investors. But the use of PPPs in the Ethiopian road sector
has been limited. This study can investigate PPPs implementation challenges in
Ethiopian road infrastructure project by the use of structured questionnaires and key
informants' interviews. Through a comprehensive study of literature review, resulting
in the identification and selection of 31 major challenges and 19 effective techniques
of PPPs implementation and these variables were mapped in the mean score table. A
questionnaire survey and key informants interview were carried out to identify the
major challenges, effective techniques of PPPs implementation and to develop a PPPs
implementation conceptual framework. The internal consistency was achieved using
the SPSS relativity test; Cronbach's Alpha value is 0.922. A total of 96 questionnaires
were distributed 72 were returned and 69 questionnaires were valid. The data
generated were analysed using SPSS mean score descriptive statistics. A total of 13
key informants were interviewed. The study showed that the top five affecting factors
are lack of effective institutional and regulatory framework, lack of PPP experience,
improper feasibility studies and project analysis, improper value for money
assessments, technical capacity gaps, lack of government support, and poor
management. The results also showed that the top five effective implementation
techniques are a favorable legal framework, the presence of a stable PPP policy, a
stable political and social environment, a clear contractual arrangement, a strong
private consortium, and provide an integrated solution. The attractive factors, major
challenges faced by the implementation of PPP, and future effective PPP
implementation techniques are mentioned by the key informants' interviews. The
study also showed the PPP implementation conceptual framework in road
infrastructure project.
Keywords: Public-private partnership, Road, Infrastructure, Challenges |
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