The approach of Healthcare Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Developing Countries: for the equal good to Korea Interest Group and the Recipient Country

Abstract

Over the past decade, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have increasingly found their application in the sector of health infrastructure. The objective of this paper is to determine whether PPPs are a viable option for health infrastructure projects in developing countries. For this purpose, the author discusses and describes PPPs in general and specifies features of PPPs, which may be relevant for the healthcare sector and developing countries. In the next step, the author analyses PPP projects that are operating and projects that the author had involved and establishes key learnings from the undertaking. The combined evidence suggests that the PPP model for health infrastructure projects in developing countries can be highly risky for the countries, but also it possesses great insecurity for the participant entities. The author concludes PPP is not a better alternative to ODA in health infrastructure development in developing countries, but it should be an option. Also, the author suggests three conditions, those are prioritizing countries to build partnerships, secure evidence of partner country’s commitment, testify project design through multiple steps for both the public and the private to successfully use PPP for better health delivery.