Publication: Philippines : PPP Options in Irrigation Sector
Date
2013-06
ISSN
Published
2013-06
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This study proposes an analytical
framework to determine the extent to which Public-Private
Partnership (PPP) is a viable and effective business option
for developing and modernizing the irrigation sector in the
Philippines. It focuses on: (a) assessing and providing
recommendations to address the policy, regulatory and
institutional constraints that limit the recourse to PPP as
a tool to support the development of the irrigation sector;
and (b) if PPP is proven to be a viable option, develop the
capacity within the Department of Agriculture (DA), National
Irrigation Administration (NIA) and National Economic
Development Authority (NEDA) PPP Center to identify and
assess potential projects. The TA was meant primarily to
produce a simple and practical analytical framework for the
Government to build on, rather than a full-blown study on an
irrigation PPP project. Adopting the PPP scheme in
irrigation will require specific answers to the following
questions: (1) how PPP contractual arrangements can help to
address the usual problems in public irrigation (e.g.,
maintenance problems due to budget restriction and decision
making processes); (2) how PPP can ensure financial
viability of the irrigation system; (3) how PPP can avoid
political interference in setting irrigation fees; and (4)
how PPP can increase the useful life of irrigation systems
and break the vicious cycle of low collection of irrigation
fees, poor maintenance, network degradation and expensive
rehabilitation. The PPP scheme has to make the case that the
financial costs of privately-funded projects are on a par
with those of publicly-funded projects.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2013. Philippines : PPP Options in Irrigation Sector. © Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18702 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”