A Public-Private Partnership: Adapting Context Specific Model for Enhancing Housing Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

 The prevailing model of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) have been hindered by a combination of factors, including regulatory hurdles, non-transparent procurement processes, weak institutional capacity, and a failure to conduct thorough feasibility studies. The study addressed the challenges of Public-Private Partnership model implementation in Addis Ababa and suggested context specific model. It employed sequential explanatory mixed research design. A six-step thematic analysis model development was applied to conceptualize key themes used for adapting a PPP housing model and applied Thematic Analysis. The finding indicated a factor loading of 0.905 a strong positive correlation between the enabling condition created by the city and success. On the other hand, standardized factor loading of -0.928 indicated a strong negative correlation between challenges and successful PPP model implementation. Moreover, lack of transparent procurement with a factor loading of 0.288, a weak positive correlation with the success, is found to be a serious challenge. The findings of the thematic analysis show lack of proper model selection, and fail to adhere to the principles of transparent procurement and participatory risk management which resulted in delays. Therefore, the study recommended an adapted model that emphasizes on transparent and competitive procurement as well as participatory risk identification and sharing among partners.