Omotayo, M (2020) Developing public-private partnership (PPP) in Nigerian railway corporation: The governance challenge. PhD thesis, University of Manchester, UK.
Abstract
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) are used in different countries in varying ways. While they have been used in some countries as part of the New Public Management (NPM) approach to improve public sector efficiency in building and maintaining public infrastructure, others have used PPP and other variants like Private Finance Initiative (PFI) to seek private sector finance and ease balance sheet pressure. In Nigeria, PPP has been adopted as a governance policy to solve the significant infrastructure gap occasioned by years of decline in infrastructure development. Part of this is reviving the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) which declined in capacity and operation for more than two decades. With Nigeria's history of governance challenges, which includes mismanagement, conflict of interest and corruption, this research examines the impact of institutional context specifically governance, on the development of PPP in NRC. Whilst much emphasis has been placed on the technical and project management aspect of PPP, there is little knowledge on the institutional context of PPP, especially in Nigeria. Drawing from institutional theory and institutional logics based on Andrews's (2013) institutional icebergs and . . . (continues)
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Maytorena-Sanchez, E |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | corruption; efficiency; new public management; private sector; institutional theory; railway; governance; partnership; policy; private finance initiative; public infrastructure; public sector; public-private partnership; Nigeria |
| Index terms: | project management, new public management, public sector, Nigeria, partnership, private sector, public infrastructure, governance, efficiency, institutional theory, history, corruption, private finance initiative, infrastructure development, drawing, institutional logic |
| Subjects: | technical documentation, architectural and construction history, business, partnership management, sociology, administrative law, industry analysis, infrastructure and transport systems, political science, performance management, project management theory and practice, contractual arrangements, professional ethics, theoretical framing, Geography, infrastructure engineering |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Quality Management, Project Management, Geographical Context, Engineering Principles, Procurement, Design Practice, Business Strategy, Research Practice, Stakeholder Management, Governance |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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