Toward Sustainable Development? A Bibliometric Analysis of PPP-Related Policies in China between 1980 and 2017

Cheng, Chien-Min; Li, Dan; Man, Caixia

doi:10.3390/su11010142

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“…• This methodology has a potential weakness in that the authors' subjectively assign freely formulated aims into strictly defined categories, and these might not show the real level of cooperation. However, it is considered acceptable to study development policy preferences from strategic or programming documents [86][87][88]. The LAGs concerned were each obliged to prepare a common strategy, so this was taken into consideration in Figures 4 and 5 in the results section, even when "common planning" was not listed among the aims.…”

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From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

Furmankiewicz

Campbell

2019

Sustainability

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The paper explores and compares the aims of the three most common legal forms of inter-municipal cooperation in Poland (engaging rural, urban-rural and urban municipalities) during the years 1990-2018: Mono-sectoral Special Purpose Unions, Municipal Associations and cross-sectoral Local Action Groups. Content analysis was applied and development priorities from the statutes and strategies were studied. The main form of territorial association evolved from, initially, mono-functional bodies concerned mainly with local infrastructural investment and managed solely by a group of local authorities, to a devolved type, consisting of multi-purpose associations managed with the participation of economic and third sector representatives. This was the result of the European Union policy of promoting territorial governance and integrated development in functional regions, this being considered as part of the process of Europeanisation. However, these successive forms of municipal cooperation do not appear to have replaced the pre-existing forms, but they have introduced additional modes of governance of local resources. The findings show that the most "integrated" and "sustainable" management of local resources is observed mainly in cross-sectoral partnerships, like Local Action Groups, but not so often in mono-sectoral municipal unions and associations led solely by local government and focused more on hard infrastructure and municipal facilities. However, given the specialisation shown by each of the three types of association, it is likely that the full range of development possibilities in the areas concerned can only be realised if all three forms of cooperation are present. The analysis confirms the positive role of local economic and social sector participation in shaping sustainable development. The findings also indicate the utility of the concept of cross-sectoral territorial partnerships in post-socialist and post-authoritarian countries lacking traditions of grassroots or participative development.Sustainability 2019, 11, 5890 2 of 21 be seen as facilitating a "neo-endogenous" or "integrated place based" model of development, in contrast to a top-down, exogenous and sectoral model focusing on single issues such as transport or agriculture and managed solely by government [4][5][6]. The place-based, neo-endogenous model implies central government support for regional and local bottom-up initiatives for development and well-being, facing one particular territory (natural or economic region, agglomeration, etc.), often requiring cooperation between stakeholders from fragmented administrative areas [7][8][9]. Integrated planning in this context is understood to involve drawing together local social, economic and ecological issues, rather than focusing only on, for instance, technical infrastructure [10]. It is often closely related to "sustainable" development, which involves an additional concern with long-term retention of local natural resources [11][12][13]. In the countries where these processes first emerged,...

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From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

Furmankiewicz

Campbell

2019

Sustainability

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“…Although certain scholars pay attention to China's PPP policies, a research gap exists in PPP policy evolution, that is, the macroeconomic environment is almost ignored. Chen et al studied the evolution of China's PPP-related policies from a sustainable perspective [25]. In another paper, the PPP policy evolution is understood from the policy-learning pattern perspective [40].…”

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“…Considering the continuity and source of each policy, policies over each phase of PPP development should be analysed from the evolutionary perspective in an effort to answer how policies impact the PPP market. As a point of departure from the earlier work of Chen et al, detailed policy measures and PPP market performance should be taken into account [25]. Therefore, the two objectives of this article are as follows:…”

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Policy Evolution in the Chinese PPP Market: The Shifting Strategies of Governmental Support Measures

2019

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Much attention has been paid world-wide to the advancement of policy with regard to public–private partnerships (PPPs). Though PPPs continue to play a major role in the development of China’s national economy, capital projects and infrastructure upgrade, little work has been done to understand the evolution of Chinese governmental policy with regard to PPPs. This paper addresses this lack and sets out the trajectory of Chinese PPP policy maturation over the period of 1986 to 2018. Policy documents were retrieved from official government websites, such as the Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission, with some 205 policy statements deemed relevant to PPPs. These were then classified by type and submitted to regression analysis. Five major instruments in support of PPPs were identified, including fiscal, financial, taxation, land and operations support. Moreover, four historical policy phases can be identified in the Chinese PPP market, including ‘try’, ‘explore’, ‘expand’ and ‘consolidate’. While governmental policy may now be considered sophisticated, deficiencies remain, including insufficient policy coordination between departments, lack of financial incentives and poor transparency and disclosure supervision. These observations will inform policy makers as they look to continue advancement of PPP policy measures, and help practitioners in assessing the pitfalls of operating in the Chinese PPP market.

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“…PPP is widely adopted around the world as a long-term cooperation between public and private sectors in infrastructure investment and public service delivery [2]. Local governments in mainland China, in particular, have been extremely enthusiastic in initiating PPP projects since 2014 under the promotion of the central government [3,4]. According to the statistics published by the Ministry of Finance of China, local governments around China initiated over 14,000 PPP projects between 2014 and 2017, which substantially outpaced not only the total number of PPP projects initiated in the rest of the world during the same period, but also the aggregated number of PPP projects in China in the previous three decades.…”

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Factors Affecting Local Governments’ Public–Private Partnership Adoption in Urban China

Zhang

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Local governments around mainland China initiated over 14,000 public–private partnership (PPP) projects with a total investment of 18 billion RMB in recent years, but nearly half have been withdrawn since the end of 2017, which raised wide concerns about whether PPP can contribute to the sustainable infrastructure development in urban China. In this study, we empirically investigated major factors affecting local governments’ PPP adoption, especially factors that led local governments to initiate inappropriate PPP projects. Based on a unique panel dataset of 286 Chinese cities between 2014 and 2017, the empirical findings suggested that local governments’ financial pressure was the most important factor and cities with higher off-budgetary debts or lower budgetary deficits tended to initiate more PPP projects. PPP projects initiated under off-budgetary burdens were more likely to be inappropriate and subsequently withdrawn. Based on the empirical results, we provide policy suggestions to promote sustainable PPP developments in China.

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Toward Sustainable Development? A Bibliometric Analysis of PPP-Related Policies in China between 1980 and 2017

Cited by 32 publications

References 44 publications

From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

From Single-Use Community Facilities Support to Integrated Sustainable Development: The Aims of Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Poland, 1990–2018

Policy Evolution in the Chinese PPP Market: The Shifting Strategies of Governmental Support Measures

Factors Affecting Local Governments’ Public–Private Partnership Adoption in Urban China

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