{"title":"‘You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours’: an examination of actor engagement in water public private partnerships","authors":"Alison D. Elder, A. Gerlak","doi":"10.2166/wp.2024.078","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n \n Public–private partnerships, or PPPs, first gained prominence in the water sector with the promise of providing more efficient and lower-cost water services and infrastructure. Despite criticism, water PPPs continue to grow globally and receive support from a diverse set of actors around the globe. This empirical research uses a combination of inductive and deductive approaches to study the engagement of key actors in water PPPs, including the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and intergovernmental organizations. We map out the differing relationships across key actors engaged in water PPPs to examine the interdependencies between actors. We uncover how actors help to serve or promote water PPPs and how, in turn, water PPPs help with the achievement of different actor goals. Our findings reveal how through PPPs, private sector actors utilize the sustainable development goals as a form of moral authority to exhibit corporate social responsibility. We also find that the unique capabilities of pro-PPP NGOs enable them to serve as connectors between actors in facilitating water PPPs. As climate change increasingly strains water resources globally, understanding the goals, motivations, and capabilities of the diverse actors engaged in the water sector is crucial for addressing water challenges going forward.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":" 1134","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2024.078","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Public–private partnerships, or PPPs, first gained prominence in the water sector with the promise of providing more efficient and lower-cost water services and infrastructure. Despite criticism, water PPPs continue to grow globally and receive support from a diverse set of actors around the globe. This empirical research uses a combination of inductive and deductive approaches to study the engagement of key actors in water PPPs, including the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and intergovernmental organizations. We map out the differing relationships across key actors engaged in water PPPs to examine the interdependencies between actors. We uncover how actors help to serve or promote water PPPs and how, in turn, water PPPs help with the achievement of different actor goals. Our findings reveal how through PPPs, private sector actors utilize the sustainable development goals as a form of moral authority to exhibit corporate social responsibility. We also find that the unique capabilities of pro-PPP NGOs enable them to serve as connectors between actors in facilitating water PPPs. As climate change increasingly strains water resources globally, understanding the goals, motivations, and capabilities of the diverse actors engaged in the water sector is crucial for addressing water challenges going forward.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.