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“A People First Public Private Partnership is
a long term contractual relationship between
the public and private sector, where delivering
governments considering the use
of PPPs to deliver investment in value for people is the core objective, there is
roads infrastructure as a way of a commitment to serving and protecting the
meeting the SDGs and achieving
PfPPP. community, and the project is developed with the
PPPs in Roads can help real interests of people in mind.”
governments tackle development
needs by bringing sustainable
investment, replicable processes
and expertise to complex roads result, both value for money and the private and public sector,
transportation networks. This value for people should play a while delivering value for people
Standard is intended to assist fundamental role in the decision and protecting the community
governments in the successful of whether a public institution and environment. The project
use of PPPs in road projects should enter into PPP agreement. was shortlisted for the SDG 9
and as a step towards universal JARDP: A Case Study “Build resilient infrastructure,
implementation of the SDGs and promote inclusive and
achievement of PfPPPs. There are The Jharkhand road projects sustainable industrialization and
many different models of PPPs developed by IL&FS and its foster innovation”. The project
in the roads sector worldwide. subsidiary IL&FS Transportation was evaluated in detail in terms
The challenge for governments Networks Limited and GoJ is of poverty alleviation, increased
developing Road PPPs is to ensure a classic example where the access to essential service and
consistency between a country’s project endeavors to gratify the promote equity, mitigating the
road project strategy and contractual relationship between effects of climate change and
program and the achievement of
the SDGs and PfPPPs. Ensuring
value for money (VfM) should
be at the core of the public
sector’s decision to engage in a
Road PPP, however improving
people’s lives is also equally
important. A Road PPP would
therefore be considered a VfM
transaction if it generates a net
economic benefit for the public
in terms of quantity, quality of
the service or facility, cost and
risk transfer over the project life,
and achievement of the various
transportation related SDGS
relative to a traditionally procured
public alternative. Hence, the
VfM assessment of a PPP should
be based on traditional notions
of VfM in PPPs, but also outcome
based performance that brings
the greatest benefit to the people
the project aims serve. As a

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