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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">To: recoveryhumanface@socpro.list.ilo.org<br>Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:25:35 +0000<br>From: mromero@eurodad.org<br>Subject: [recovery_human_face] NEW REPORT: A critical assessment of public private partnerships and their impact on sustainable development!<br><br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a name="_MailOriginal" target="_blank">Dear all, </a></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span><b>We are pleased to announce that today we launched our newest report,
</b></span><a href="http://eurodad.org/whatliesbeneath" target="_blank"><span><b><i>What lies beneath</i></b></span><span></span></a><span><b><i>? a critical assessment of public private partnerships and their impact on sustainable development</i>!</b></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>The report looks at the empirical and theoretical evidence available on the nature and impact of public private partnerships (PPPs), and analyses the experiences of Tanzania and Peru, in country case studies carried out by
Afrodad and Latindadd, respectively. It critically assesses whether PPPs deliver on the promises of their proponents and gives concrete recommendations for policymakers.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>Overall, the report finds that:</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>PPPs are, in most cases, the most expensive method of financing, significantly increasing the cost to the public purse.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>PPPs are typically very complex to negotiate and implement and all too often entail higher construction and transaction costs than public works.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>PPPs are all too often a risky way of financing for public institutions.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>The evidence of impact of PPPs on efficiency is very limited and weak.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>PPPs face important challenges when it comes to reducing poverty and inequality, while avoiding negative impacts on the environment.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>Implementing PPPs poses important capacity constraints to the public sector, and particularly in developing countries.</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>PPPs suffer from low transparency and limited public scrutiny, which undermines democratic accountability.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>As this report is published, the post-2015 and the financing for development agendas are being negotiated. PPPs are proposed as a key component of the financing for development agenda in response to pressing infrastructure
needs. However, it is crucial to take into account what has happened so far and examine whether PPPs will help the world’s poorest countries to finance the roads, schools, hospitals, energy and other infrastructure facilities they need to grow and thrive.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>We recommend a set of concrete actions that can have a crucial impact in this debate:</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>Stop hiding the true costs of PPPs</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>Be transparent and accountable</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span><span><span>•<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>
</span></span></span>Put development outcomes at the forefront</span></p>
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</span></span></span>Put developing countries in the driving seat</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>You can find the specificities of these in the full report:
</span><a href="http://eurodad.org/whatliesbeneath" target="_blank"><span>http://eurodad.org/whatliesbeneath</span><span></span></a><span>
</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>The report has already been picked up by </span>
<a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20150709051815-x83yw/?source=hpMostPopularTheWire" target="_blank"><span>Reuters
</span><span></span></a><span>and is mentioned in the </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3154419/Anti-poverty-groups-question-private-finance-development.html" target="_blank"><span>Daily Mail</span><span></span></a><span>,
which we hope will put pressure on heads of government at this critical time as they gather for the Financing for Development conference in Addis Ababa. We would be very grateful for your help in spreading the word as far and wide as possible on social media,
using the attached infographics and the #FFD3. </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>To read a briefing summary in English please </span>
<a href="http://www.eurodad.org/files/pdf/559da26546ab7.pdf" target="_blank"><span>click here.</span><span></span></a><span>
</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>To read a briefing summary in Spanish please </span>
<a href="http://www.eurodad.org/files/pdf/559da271450b6.pdf" target="_blank"><span>click here.</span><span></span></a><span>
</span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>To read a briefing summary in French please </span>
<a href="http://www.eurodad.org/files/pdf/559da27f89978.pdf" target="_blank"><span>click here.</span><span></span></a><span></span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>You can also read and share the </span><a href="http://eurodad.org/Entries/view/1546451/2015/07/09/Major-new-report-warns-against-the-promotion-of-PPPs-in-development-finance-as-heads-of-state-gather-for-UN-summit-in-Addis-Ababa" target="_blank"><span>press
release</span><span></span></a><span>: <i>Major new report warns against the promotion of PPPs in development finance as heads of state gather for UN summit in Addis Ababa</i>.</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>Thanks a lot in advance of your support! </span>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>Kind regards, </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span>MJ </span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="-ms-text-autospace:;"><span><span style='color: gray; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>María José Romero
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Policy and Advocacy Manager, Private finance and DFIs<br>
Eurodad, European Network on Debt and Development</span></span></p>
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