Implementation of Public Private Partnerships Projects in Ghana: a Survey of Public Private Partnerships Based in Cape Coast

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.