SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES (PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA)

SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES (PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA).  A RESEARCH PROJECT TOPIC ON BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

ABSTRACT

The following thesis examines the issue of water scarcity and Public-private partnerships (PPPs) build to overcome this challenge. PPPs are risky projects but beneficial when succeeding. This re-search focuses on implementing the partnerships to local communities since implementation and involving locals to the process of building partnerships are crucial factors in successful PPPs. The paper aims to examine several factors and issues behind PPPs to provide beneficial information about the partnerships. The research was made by using several databases and researches from international organizations: United Nations, World Bank and African Development Bank, because the focus area of the research is Sub-Saharan Africa. To examine the implementation practically, the paper presents two case examples: one from Ghana and other one from South Africa. Wide range of different kind of articles, books and journals were read through to find the answers to the research questions and beside the databases the research was made in libraries in Helsinki, Finland and in Krems an der Donau, Austria.

1  Introduction

Water is a need for all the living organs: no water, no life. Water supply services are important part of humans’ lives and in high income countries people are used to having daily, easy access to clean water through a water tap. It is a startling matter when one begins to wonder what it means to have direct access to water source, since it is not reality for all the people in the world. According to WHO, in year 2014 700 million people did not have access to clean water re-source, and these people were all in developing areas. The population growth and a growing need for water makes providing pure water more challenging. Water flows unequally in nature and some areas are naturally drier, but some areas face lack of water because of the economic situation.

SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES (PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY SERVICES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA).  A RESEARCH PROJECT TOPIC ON BUSINESS MANAGEMENT