Public-Private partnerships or PPP relate to perceptions and practices affecting public private sector relationships in ensuring national/global health, development and well-being of the society, and the conceptual aspects of such relationships, including the role of the key players in collaborating to make these partnerships successful or otherwise.
Such collaborations will be especially productive in promoting poverty alleviation through micro-finance, enhancing health through partnerships as has been the case with polio eradication and other child immunization efforts. PPP objectives would also include bridging the information gap between the public and private sector organizations, analysing their capacities and opportunities, and suggesting mechanisms for improving the relationships between the government and the governed/citizenry. In order to achieve a sustainable PPP for ensuring the most effective, productive, compassionate, result-oriented and efficient use of resources, it is imperative that the members or subscribers to the partnership must adopt a single framework of action that provides the basis for co-coordinating the work of all partners. A potential outcome of this engagement is a private sector-led initiative, which could serve as catalyst for investment in community and national development projects, leading to more collaboration among the wide array of stakeholders in tackling the social, political, financial, technical and other obstacles that stand in the way of the projects being implemented. In undertaking any PPP project, it must be understood that partnerships rarely occur without external impetus. It must be noted, however, that greater output shall be realized if PPP agreements or contracts are structured in ways that do not place the poor majority in any social, economic and or political disadvantage. In order for government to deliver the minimum standard of services, products and or care required for a PPP to thrive, it must put in place, laws, regulations and institutions or enhance existing ones, as well as improve the enabling environment for private sector participation (PSP) in the provision and development of infrastructure to occur.