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Factors forPPP project success in developing countries

by Wet Suzelle De

Over 62 academic articles published between 1992 and2014 form the knowledge base for the articulation of economic,political, financial, technical, legal and social critical successfactors (CSFs) for public private partnership (PPP) projects (Chou,Tserng, Lin, & Yeh, 2012; Hwang, Zhao, & Gay, 2013; Ng,Wong, & Wong, 2012; Xie & Ng, 2013; Zou, Kumaraswamy,Chung, & Wong, 2014). Of the 36 unique CSF factors identified,a third describe institutional factors. This research proposed thatfor a developing country exhibiting political risk to successfullydeliver on their PPP project pipeline so as to ensure the contagioneffect on their economy, that the relative importance of factorscharacterising the institutional environment, be assessed inrelation to other CSFs identified by previous academic research.The objective of this research was to determine, through anempirical comparison, if a developing country exhibiting a degreeof political risk, would place a similar level of importance oninstitutional factors when compared to other CSFs for PPP projectsidentified and rated in literature for other contexts.Advisors/Committee Members: Chipp, Kerry (advisor).