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Lessons from the Private Finance Initiative in the United Kingdom

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  • Leahy, Patricia

    (UK National Audit Office)

Abstract

This paper examines the UK experience of PPP/PFI from a value for money perspective. It argues that a rounded view of overall performance has to consider the procurement process, the construction of the asset procured, and the operational performance that follows. Important changes have been made in the UK to the appraisal stage of the procurement process, raising the likelihood of PFI being chosen when it is most likely to deliver value for money. While PFI has evidently performed well in the construction phase, the UK experience suggests a number of prerequisites for achieving value for money in the operational phase. Good contract management is needed to ensure that the risk transfer paid for actually sticks. Provisions to manage changes to contracts in a way that preserves value for money are important. An ability to benchmark the cost and quality of services provided over the long term is also likely to enhance the value for money achieved.

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  • Leahy, Patricia, 2005. "Lessons from the Private Finance Initiative in the United Kingdom," EIB Papers 8/2005, European Investment Bank, Economics Department.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:eibpap:2005_008
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    Cited by:

    1. Lechosław Rojewski, 2008. "Contracting and Transaction Costs in the Public-Private Partnership. A Conception in the Light of the New Institutional Economy," Ekonomia journal, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw, vol. 21.
    2. Elisabetta Iossa & David Martimort, 2012. "Risk allocation and the costs and benefits of public--private partnerships," RAND Journal of Economics, RAND Corporation, vol. 43(3), pages 442-474, September.
    3. G. Dudkin & T. Välilä, 2006. "Transaction Costs in Public-Private Partnerships: A First Look at the Evidence," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Intersentia, vol. 7(2), pages 307-331, June.
    4. Harry Clarke, 2007. "Conserving Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change," Agenda - A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform, Australian National University, College of Business and Economics, School of Economics, vol. 14(2), pages 157-170.

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    Keywords

    private finance initiative; value for money; United Kingdom;
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    JEL classification:

    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • H43 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Project Evaluation; Social Discount Rate

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