Partnering Up: Public-Private Partnerships
Partnering for value can be great for a state or city, but the devil is in the details.
Interesting note of "warning" in reference to PPPs (from Governing.com), particularly in light of the Warner article's mention of PPPs (Local Gov't Infrastructure and the False Promise of Privatization):http://www.governing.com/columns/smart-mgmt/partnering-up-public-private-partnerships.html
What Warner notes in his piece is similar to what Barrett & Greene point out - that is the general lack of confidence when it comes to PPPs to begin with. Whether it's a lack of trust or a potential "conflict of interest" the fact remains that public-private partnerships are in fact the wave of the future and are intended to strengthen areas of weakness for both sides.
How can the details best be ironed out so that PPPs remain the transparent and viable especially in light of the democratic principles through which they should be regulated? What exactly should these "accountability" rules be that Warner deems as necessary to implement?
Just a question to the class, considering the fact that many of us might have come across PPPs in our work.
Valeria Bonanome
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