The burst of COVID-19 Pandemic has posed plenty of threats to Public-Private Partnerships Arrangements, their economy, efficiency and effectiveness. Even though allocated to third-parties, emerging risks need to be monitored by policy makers to avoid work interruptions and assure a satisfactory delivery of services to the public. Indeed, sustaining Value-for-Money should be policy makers’ ultimate aim in public contracting. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the main financial as well as operational issues afflicting ongoing Public-Private Partnership Arrangements throughout the Pandemic, to assess the impact of lockdowns, shutdowns, and central banks’ actions on projects’ feasibility and bankability (e.g. profitability and debt-coverage ratios), and to appraise possible tools which may mitigate the aftermath of complex and unforeseen risks on the final outcome and overall quality, in order to secure the net present value of social benefits and avoid excessive fiscal risk.
Lo scoppio della Pandemia di COVID-19 ha posto numerose minacce alle Operazioni di Partenariato Pubblico-Privato e alla loro economicità, efficienza ed efficacia. I rischi emergenti, anche se allocati a terzi, devono essere costantemente monitorati dal Policy Maker, al fine di evitare un’eccessiva interruzione dei lavori e di garantire una soddisfacente erogazione dei relativi servizi: il perseguimento di Value-for-Money dovrebbe essere l’obiettivo principale del Policy Maker nell’ambito del Procurement Pubblico. L’elaborato intende fornire una panoramica delle principali dinamiche finanziarie e operative che hanno significativamente colpito le Operazioni di Partenariato Pubblico-Privato in corso durante la Pandemia. Verrà valutato l’impatto che le misure di contenimento adottate per contrastare la diffusione del COVID-19 e le conseguenti politiche monetarie adottate dalle banche centrali hanno avuto sulla sostenibilità e bancabilità (e.g. indici di redditività e di copertura del debito) dei progetti condotti tramite schemi di Partenariato Pubblico-Privato, analizzando successivamente gli strumenti di mitigazione del rischio a disposizione del Policy Maker al fine di conseguire il beneficio sociale originariamente previsto ed evitare un eccessivo indebitamento pubblico.
Sustaining Value-for-Money in Public-Private Partnership Arrangements throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
BOI, LEONARDO
2022/2023
Abstract
The burst of COVID-19 Pandemic has posed plenty of threats to Public-Private Partnerships Arrangements, their economy, efficiency and effectiveness. Even though allocated to third-parties, emerging risks need to be monitored by policy makers to avoid work interruptions and assure a satisfactory delivery of services to the public. Indeed, sustaining Value-for-Money should be policy makers’ ultimate aim in public contracting. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the main financial as well as operational issues afflicting ongoing Public-Private Partnership Arrangements throughout the Pandemic, to assess the impact of lockdowns, shutdowns, and central banks’ actions on projects’ feasibility and bankability (e.g. profitability and debt-coverage ratios), and to appraise possible tools which may mitigate the aftermath of complex and unforeseen risks on the final outcome and overall quality, in order to secure the net present value of social benefits and avoid excessive fiscal risk.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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