Recommendations and guidelines for implementing PPP projects: Case of the electricity sector in Brazil
Built Environment Project and Asset Management
ISSN: 2044-124X
Article publication date: 6 March 2019
Issue publication date: 11 April 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose recommendations and guidelines for the initiation phase of a public–private partnership (PPP), focusing on the electricity sector in Brazil.
Design/methodology/approach
A literature review allowed gathering international best practices, while brainstorming meetings and document research permitted acquiring data from the Brazilian electricity sector through a multiple case study of 12 projects. By applying benchmarking principles to compare findings, the paper proposes guidelines and recommendations, which culminated in a final framework for implementing PPPs.
Findings
The created framework structures a series of recommendations with application in PPP projects. Also, the paper gathers worldwide best practices, which could increase the rate of success by avoiding problems throughout the other phases of a PPP project.
Research limitations/implications
This paper addresses the electricity sector. Due to the singularity of such infrastructure enterprises, it is possible that the framework suggested is not entirely applicable to other enterprises, being a suggestion for future studies to perform an adherent test. Also, validating this framework is not in the scope of this project.
Practical implications
The use of a framework on PPP implementations brings attention to necessary efforts on previous phases of projects, which can avoid financial and technical problems, improving the reliability of PPPs.
Originality/value
The application of guidelines and recommendations on the electricity sector has not appeared with such focus in previous studies. The paper provides a practical manner to upgrade the process and suggests a model for implementing PPPs.
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Citation
Araujo, L.G., Piña, A.B.S., Aidar, L.A.G., Coelho, G.O. and Carvalho, M.T.M. (2019), "Recommendations and guidelines for implementing PPP projects: Case of the electricity sector in Brazil", Built Environment Project and Asset Management, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-01-2018-0016
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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