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Public Private partnerships in education and health in the global South: a literature review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2020

Sonia Languille
Sonia Languille*
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Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UK
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CONTACT Sonia Languille [email protected] Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Ruseel Square, London WC1H 0XG, UK
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Abstract

This paper presents the findings of a literature review on public private partnerships (PPPs) in two sectors – education and health – in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It highlights the heterogeneity of the category within and across sectors and shows that the key predictions of the PPP doctrine – cost-efficiency for improved social service delivery to the poor – are hardly fulfilled in practice. Moreover, PPPs – both as policy model and practical arrangements – are underpinned by a narrow conception of education and health, which denies their broader embeddedness within the economy and society. The paper identifies theoretical and methodological limitations of the existing scholarship. It underlines the scarcity of data on the corporate sector and, more broadly, about the economics of education and health PPPs. It also stresses the little attention paid to the beneficiaries. The paper finally calls for further research to open up the ‘black box’ of PPPs.

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PPPeducationhealthliterature reviewAfricaAsiaLatin America
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Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , June 2017 , pp. 142 - 165
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Copyright © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group

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