Public-private partnership for the provision of public goods : theory and an application to NGOs

Besley, Timothy ORCID: 0000-0002-8923-6372 and Ghatak, Maitreesh ORCID: 0000-0002-0126-0897 (1999) Public-private partnership for the provision of public goods : theory and an application to NGOs. Development Economics discussion paper; DEDPS 17 (DEDPS No. 17). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the role of public and private responsibility in the provision of public goods. We emphasize that a typical public good will require many different inputs which raises the possibility of partnerships to exploit comparative advantages of different parties. But hold-up problems due to contractual incompleteness in specifying tasks discourage separation of ownership and management. We extend our analysis to examine the role of project design or “ideology” as a separate non-contractible input, and the possibility of crowding out in the form of a less caring government being elected because of the presence of private providers. The main application developed here is to NGOs in developing countries which, in the last two decades, have been increasingly involved in various capacities in the provision of a wide range of public goods and services.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 1999 by Timothy Besley and Maitreesh Ghatak
Divisions:	Economics STICERD
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
JEL classification:	O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development L - Industrial Organization > L3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D23 - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights H - Public Economics > H4 - Publicly Provided Goods
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2007
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:25
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2162

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