Pro-people partnership or pro-private partnership? : a qualitative research on the perceptions of Laguna Lake fisher folks in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

Abstract

Whenever the government fails to handle state-owned companies that provide basic social services to the people, one of its options is to seek aid from private agencies and non-state actors to deliver these services effectively. To improve the services given to its stakeholders, the Philippine government collaborates with private agencies. Furthermore, dissatisfaction on the performance of the state paved the way to the accession of the privatization of government-controlled companies (Prasad, 2007). This mechanism is called Public-Private Partnership (PPP). As more developing countries adopt neo-liberal policies, the Aquino administration approves the implementation of numerous PPP-related projects in the country. PPP became a feature of governance. Consequently, this extensive privatization has raised concerns to stakeholders due to its costs and benefits brought by the policy and its implementation. [Introduction]