PPPs: Threats and opportunities for Botswana
Friday, March 04, 2016
But critics have always thrown to the fore questions such: Is the economy ready to foster into such partnerships; do we have the necessary expertise and experience? BusinessWeek Staff Writer PAULINE DIKUELO caught up with experts at a recent PPPs seminar organised by the British High Commission and tapped their views on Botswana’s potential to fully exploit such partnerships
A PPP is a contractual arrangement between a government entity and a private firm in which the private firm designs, builds, maintains and finances public infrastructure or the other way round. It is intended to transform government departments from being owners and operators of assets into knowledgeable purchasers of services from the private sector.
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