Failure Mechanisms: How the Public Sector Contributes to Water PPP Failures?

Salman Tariq, Xueqing Zhang, Mohsin Ali Soomro, Abdullahi Saka and Tarek Zayed

Chapter 3 in Consolidating and Developing a Body of Knowledge for Public-Private Partnership Project Management, 2026, pp 41-66 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have gained popularity as a means of delivering infrastructure services, but there are cases where PPPs have failed to deliver value for money (VFM), particularly in the water sector. Failures in water PPPs can be attributed to substandard actions by either the public or private sector and sociopolitical, macroeconomic, and socioeconomic issues. Failed PPP deals can result in significant financial losses for both public and private sectors and may lead to violent public protests, loss of trust in privatization, and negative consequences for all stakeholders. This chapter analyzes how the public sector’s insufficient actions and decisions, along with their interactions with other factors, including the private sector and various sociopolitical and economic spheres, can lead to failures.

Keywords: Public-Private Partnership; Project Management; Infrastructure; Body of Knowledge; Construction Management; Mega-Projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H54 L74 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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