Impact of public and private partnership(PPP) on socio-economic development of population in Rwanda: Case study of Kicukiro District(2015-2019).

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of public and private partnership (PPP) on socio-economic development of population in Kicukiro. The specific objectives of this work were to identify forms of public and private partnership to support residents of Kicukiro District, and to assess the contribution of public and private partnership to the socio-economic development in Kicukiro District. The study used a cross-sectional design with the mixed-methods approach with both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. Results of this work were mainly based on the data collected by questionnaires and interviews with a total number of 96 respondents drawn from a population 318,564 inhabitants of Kicukiro District. Data were reported using tables with frequency and percentages to show the contribution of forms of PPP to the socio-economic development of population in Kicukiro District and a descriptive analysis was conducted. The findings of the study revealed that public and private partnership (PPP) had great contribution on socio-economic development of population of Kicukiro District. However, the main challenges that affect PPP in Kicukiro District include: insufficient fund for organizational activities, shortage of legitimacy for some collaborators in growth, incomplete resource control and District failures to pay investors on time. Hence, the researcher suggests that the government of Rwanda must reinforce the public and private partnership at all levels, to reinforce development of human resources in order to improve the service delivery. The public and private sectors must share some objectives in order to develop a country and the private sectors have to be characterized by transparency in their operations. Therefore, PPP should increase fund for running activities, should strengthen sharing detailed action plan with District officials, should reinforce management in using resources and the District should assure payment of investors on time.