Public private partnerships for irrigation: Expanding access or increasing inequality
This note identifies the institutional arrangements that can best meet the social, development, and environmental objectives of PPPs
Abstract
Public Private Partnerships for irrigation and other development is becoming a widely accepted model for financing future agricultural and overall economic development and was part of the 鈥榯oolkit鈥� of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development that took place in Addis Ababa in July 2015 to approve a framework for financially supporting the Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 Agenda.
However, the Outcome Document of the Conference cautioned that such projects 鈥渟hould share risks and reward fairly, include clear accountability mechanisms and meet social and environmental standards鈥� and outlined a need to 鈥渂uild capacity to enter into public-private partnerships, including with regard to planning, contract negotiation, management, accounting and budgeting for contingent liabilities鈥�. This policy note offers guidance on how to work toward these objectives, presenting emerging findings from a research project implemented by IFPRI together with partners from Ghana and Tanzania, investigating Models of Public Private Partnerships for Irrigation Development. It attempts to identify the institutional arrangements that can best meet the social, development, and environmental objectives of PPPs.
This work is part of the 鈥楢ssessing Models of Public-Private Partnerships for Irrigation Development in Africa (AMPPPIDA) project
Citation
Bernier, Quinn and Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. (2015) Public private partnerships for irrigation: Expanding access or increasing inequality. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)