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===Public Private Partnerships===
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Public Private Parnerships (PUPS) are currently in vogue amongst the world's governing agencies, exemplified by the actions and proclamations of International Financial Institutions such as the [[World Bank]] <ref> Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank Group FDI.Net [http://www.fdi.net/spotlight/index.cfm?spid=8 FDI.Net Privatisation] Accessed 1 November 2008 </ref> and the [[European Bank For Reconstruction and Development]] (EBRD) <ref> EBRD [http://www.ebrd.com/about/index.htm About the EBRD], Accessed 1 November 2008 </ref>. They are one of the means by which the private sector has penetrated the lucrative and guaranteed returns of the public sector. Supporting the dominant ideology of "public bad, private good", they are promoted as the main policy solution in various countries and sectors, including water. For example, in Scotland there have been 21 Public Private Partnerships to build Wastewater Treatment Plants, necessitated by the [[EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive]].  The Governments of the day, in the mid to late nineties, decided that they did not have sufficient funds to pay for these and sought partnerships and investments from the private sector.
  
Public Private Parnerships (PUPS) are currently en-vogue amongst the worlds governing agencies. They are one of the means by which the private sector has penetrated the lucrative and guaranteed returns of the public sector.  Supporting the dominant ideology of public bad private good ethos they are promoted as the maain policy solution in various countries and sectors,  including water.  For example, in Scotland there have been 21 Public Private Partnerships to build Wastewater Treatment Plants, necessitated by the [[EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive]].  The Governments of the day, in the mid to late nineties, decided that they did not have sufficient funds to pay for these and sought partnerships and investments from the private sector.  There is some doubt that they provide value for money. This is also the case in other sectors in the UK, such as health, education and prisons.  There is also concern that Public Private Partnerships represent the gradual privatisation of public goods and services and the gradual erosion of an ethos of social solidarity and public service.   
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There is some doubt, notably from the public sector trade union [[Unison]] that PPP's, across all sectors, in Scotland are providing value for money <ref> Unison Scotland [http://www.unison-scotland.org.uk/comms/atwhatcostoct07.pdf At What Cost? A Unison report on the aggregate costs of PFI/PPP projects in Scotland - and some suggestions on a way forward], Accessed 1 November 2008 </ref>.  There is also concern that Public Private Partnerships represent the gradual privatisation of public goods and services and an erosion of notions of social solidarity and a public service ethos.
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 25 November 2008

Public Private Parnerships (PUPS) are currently in vogue amongst the world's governing agencies, exemplified by the actions and proclamations of International Financial Institutions such as the World Bank [1] and the European Bank For Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) [2]. They are one of the means by which the private sector has penetrated the lucrative and guaranteed returns of the public sector. Supporting the dominant ideology of "public bad, private good", they are promoted as the main policy solution in various countries and sectors, including water. For example, in Scotland there have been 21 Public Private Partnerships to build Wastewater Treatment Plants, necessitated by the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. The Governments of the day, in the mid to late nineties, decided that they did not have sufficient funds to pay for these and sought partnerships and investments from the private sector.

There is some doubt, notably from the public sector trade union Unison that PPP's, across all sectors, in Scotland are providing value for money [3]. There is also concern that Public Private Partnerships represent the gradual privatisation of public goods and services and an erosion of notions of social solidarity and a public service ethos.

References

  1. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency World Bank Group FDI.Net FDI.Net Privatisation Accessed 1 November 2008
  2. EBRD About the EBRD, Accessed 1 November 2008
  3. Unison Scotland At What Cost? A Unison report on the aggregate costs of PFI/PPP projects in Scotland - and some suggestions on a way forward, Accessed 1 November 2008