Abstract:
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to establish the determinants of private sector
participation in the implementation of public private partnerships projects in Ghana
focusing such partnerships that exist in Cape Coast. The study sought to draw
evidence from 68 employees from the study area. The study quantitative in nature
and adopted a self-administered questionnaire as the main research instrument. The
results from the survey were analysed with the help of the Statistical Package for
the Social Sciences (SPSS v26.0) such as the Pearson correlation coefficient and
regression analysis. The collected research data was analysed using descriptive and
inferential statistics. The study found that private sector participation in public private partnerships in Cape Coast are greatly affected by the huge capital outlay,
risk and risk management as well as timeliness in government funds and that delay
in systems, length of project cycle greatly influences private sector participation in
public-private partnerships in Cape Coast. The study concluded that funding had
the greatest influence on private sector participation in PPPs followed by
government policies then technological requirements then project period while had
the ease of doing business then least effect on the private sector participation in
PPPs. The study recommends that management should ensure that Contracting
Authorities are adequately funded to undertake relevant studies for effective
implementation of PPPs, that government should promote the transparency in the
different phases of Public-Private-Partnership projects through a legislative action
and combat corruption and that government should also foster the private
participation in Public-Private-Partnership projects.
