Implementing PPP Water Supply Projects in Ghana: A Model of CSFs

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The Public-private partnership (PPP) concept has attracted the attention of the Ghanaian government, because it is viewed as a reform tool for resolving underinvestment, inefficiency and absence of dynamism in water supply infrastructure services. Despite the mixed results, to date there has been no comprehensive study on the requirements for their successful implementation. This research defines a set of factors that, when given special and continual attention, would ensure successful implementation of PPP water supply projects. The perceived critical success factors (CSFs) were initially derived from six project cases and extant literature, and verified through a two-round Delphi survey. Factor analysis established five critical success factor groups (CSFGs) as commitment of partners, strength of consortium, asset quality and social support, capacity building, and national PPP unit. These principal factors were then modelled using fuzzy synthetic evaluation method and the model output showed that, overall, these factors have a ‘very high’ positive impact on successful implementation of water based PPPs. It is hoped that this study will trigger policy development towards PPP practice in Ghana, because these findings have wider implications for legal and regulatory systems, public sector capacity, financing, public procurement, and politics. 

Keywords: CSF, PPP, Water, Supply, Ghana