Public private partnerships in the Philippines have not, generally speaking, fared well.
This reality is widely identified as a major contributor to most infrastructure development not keeping pace with continued population growth and increasing urbanisation.
Overall from a peak of 6% in 1998 private infrastructure developments have declined to under 1% in the past decade.
Port sector PPP and power industry projects have, however, defied the overall trend and do stand out as beacons of success in an otherwise rather bleak PPP landscape.
With the Philippines government, supported by institutions such as the Asian Development Bank, now aiming to drastically improve the PPP environment in the country, port projects, especially container terminal concessions, will undoubtedly come under the microscope to understand the key factors behind their success and their prospects going forward.
