Public Private Partnerships: Who gains...? Who loses...? ... bet you guessed it!

While governments use Public Private Partnerships (known as PPPs) to provide infrastructure, companies run off with the profit and the government and the people wear the risks and costs. This is certainly the case with the Westgate Tunnel, with builders threatening to walk away from the project due to the cost of disposing contaminated soil (which they knew about well in advance). The history of PPPs is provided in this program and some more democratic and economic alternatives are suggested. Social and Solidarity Economy: Is There a New Economy in the Making? Peter Utting, Nadine van Dijk and Marie-Adélaïde Matheïfile:///G:/various%20materials/UNRISD_Occasional_Paper_Social_and_Solid.pdf