Strategic management, also described as policy or simply strategy, deals with the long-term direction and success of organisations, and covers issues that are usually of primary concern to senior and top management.Construction organisations have started to embrace a strategic approachas a way...

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly used in the United Kingdom's public facilities and services provision through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Despite some casualties, PPP/PFI projects have been undertaken successfully, but the reasons for success are not entirely clear....

Corruption costs the Water, Sanitation and Electricity (WSE) sectors millions of dollars everyyear, siphoning off scarce monetary resources and diminishing a country’s prospects forproviding these crucial utilities for all. This paper examines how corruption manifests itself inthe WSE sectors...

Following the growth, employment and redistribution(GEAR) programme in June 1996, South Africa saw anacceleration in the privatisation of service delivery. Thispaper reports on a study of two longer-termpublic–private partnerships (PPPs) in the water andsanitation sector undertaken in...

The rural water sector of Ghana has since 1993 implemented a policy of increased privatesector partnerships in the sector. The policy has resulted in private sector driven supply chainsin rural water supply. This paper takes a look at these private sector driven supply chains andperceptions of...

Municipal water supply in Karachi has become grossly inadequate with reference to the user’sneeds and expectations. As a consequence of this inadequacy, communities suffer from the poorlevel of service. Peri urban locations, especially low-income settlements have very limited accessto...

The growing emphasis in many low-income countries on community-based infrastructure means thatmore programmes are being implemented through micro contracts. The advantages of this approachare that it encourages:• participative negotiation of activities and speedier implementation;• the use...

The majority of public works contracts undertaken in developing countries have a total cost of less than US$15,000. They include the provision of enhanced water and sanitation, access ways and pavements, small community buildings and solid waste related construction. We term these projects,...

It has become increasingly apparent that a paradoxical situation is emerging with respect to urban services in less developed countries. On the one hand a huge demand for urban infrastructure has resulted from rapid urbanisation; on the other, existing infrastructure is falling into disrepair...