This edited volume discusses the resilience of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a comparative lens, the book assesses the degree to which global PPP infrastructure projects have been affected by the pandemic and details short term and long-term measures undertaken by governments and private parties to mitigate disruption to infrastructure delivery. Secondly, it focuses on improving the state-of-art knowledge by suggesting future directions to be taken by governments, practitioners, and researchers in order to create resilience in infrastructure projects when using PPPs as the delivery model. Chapters present diverse case studies of PPP governance across countries, covering topics such as regulatory issues, risk management, financing, contractual governance, arbitration, and stakeholder management. Providing a systematic review, assessment, and research agenda on lessons learned from the pandemic, this volume will appeal to researchers and students of public administration, public economics, construction management, infrastructure management, and public management, as well as practitioners and government professionals.
About the Author: Tharun Dolla was a post-doctoral researcher at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and he is currently Assistant Professor at GITAM Deemed to be University. He holds a master's degree and a doctorate in Civil Engineering (Infrastructure Engineering and Management) from IIT Guwahati (India). He has versatile and broad domain expertise, sound theoretical and research experience, as well as first-hand experience as a researcher on various public-private partnership projects in several infrastructure sectors. He is knowledgeable on the intricacies of the contract design and concession agreements, has published in peer-reviewed international journals, and has memberships in organizations such as CIOB, RICS, ICE (UK), ASCE, PMI, Indian Roads Congress, and Indian Buildings Congress. He is also a member of working commissions of Collaborating for Innovation in the Built environment (CIB), Canada on 'W113 Law and Dispute Resolution', and 'W092 Procurement Systems'.
Boeing Laishram is Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam (India). He received his PhD in Construction Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. His research interests include project planning and control, public private partnerships, risk management, infrastructure financing, construction management, and construction informatics.
Ganesh Devkar is Sr. Associate Professor in the Faculty of Technology at CEPT University, Ahmedabad (India). He received his PhD in Construction Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has been researching in the area of public private partnerships, lean construction and megaprojects.
