| Author: | Eshun, Bridget Tawiah Badu |
| Title: | Sino-Africa transnational public-private partnership in infrastructure development : towards a strategic win-win approach |
| Advisors: | Chan, P. C. Albert (BRE) |
| Degree: | Ph.D. |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Subject: | Infrastructure (Economics) -- Africa Public-private sector cooperation -- Africa China -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- China Investments, Chinese Hong Kong Polytechnic University -- Dissertations |
| Department: | Department of Building and Real Estate |
| Pages: | xxiii, 298 pages : color illustrations, maps |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Most African governments in a bid to reduce infrastructure deficit in their countries have capitalized on foreign direct investments. China is one of the leading infrastructure financiers in Africa and this has resulted in growing bilateral and cooperation ties between China and most African countries. Distinct from the other types of foreign direct investment (FDI) for infrastructure development, China through its state-owned corporations (SOCs) does not only provide funding but also engineering, construction, and management of these projects. This denotes a unique form of private participation in infrastructure i.e. a diplomatic transnational public-private partnership (DT-PPP). Despite the evidence in infrastructure development, literature on Sino-Africa infrastructure partnerships (SAIP) is heavily characterized by segmentation and discourses on win-win achievement. Albeit existing win-win principles that guide China's international trade and investment, these principles are generic and not focused on infrastructure development and therefore lack practical approaches to its realization. It is therefore critical to conduct a detailed assessment of these partnerships as DT-PPP and develop strategies for a win-win achievement in infrastructure development. This, therefore, is aimed at examining China's involvement in the delivery of infrastructure projects in Africa using the case of Ghana and Nigeria to develop a comprehensive systemic process model toward a win-win achievement in the implementation. Accordingly, six objectives were developed to ascertain the drivers, challenges, associated risk factors, and enablers for the achievement of win-win situation. The objectives of the study were achieved through some processes including extensive literature reviews, assessment of Chinese infrastructure investment data, surveys, and interviews with professionals involved in Sino-Africa DT-PPP in Ghana and Nigeria. The study employed several rigorous and reliable analysis tools to evaluate the qualitative and quantitative data obtained from the survey to explain existing practices of in Sino-Africa DT-PPP in Ghana and Nigeria. The results showed that drivers are related to project criticality and infrastructure development needs, Specialist skills and expertise, cooperation and alliance-building, risk-sharing and project viability, financial and mineral resource needs as well as firm and industrial growth. Challenges and risk factors are associated with economic and project risks, regulatory and political governance, project planning and development, and finally contractual and relationship-related challenges. The study identified win-win enablers as implementation strategies and competencies. The competencies include organizational, relational/behavioural, and functional competencies while strategies were the development of equitable financial plan and model, optimum assessment and fair allocation of project risks, strategic contract negotiation and closing, attainment of project-specific success objectives/criteria, flexible contracting and effective engagement of project stakeholders. The systemic implementation process model integrated and assessed the dynamic influence of the enablers on the achievement of the win-win proving the study's assertion that these enablers as a unified system produce better results. The model was validated for credibility, reliability, and practicality. This makes valuable contributions to SAIP literature especially on the evaluation of these partnerships as DT-PPP. The findings are also relevant to policymakers to guide the implementation of these dealings to improve win-win and enhance cooperation ties between China and African countries. |
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| Access: | open access |
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