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dc.titleEffects of Corruption on Public–Private Partnership Contracts: Consequences of a Zero-tolerance Approach
dc.contributor.authorDe Michele, Roberto
dc.contributor.authorPrats Cabrera, Joan Oriol
dc.contributor.authorLosada Revol, Isaías
dc.contributor.orgunitInstitutional Capacity of the State Division
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2018-10-16T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2018-10-09T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractRecent experience shows the negative consequences that corruption cases can have on the development of infrastructure, specifically on the market of public–private partnerships (PPP). Unlike traditional literature on the matter, which focuses on the analysis of mechanisms to prevent corruption in these types of projects, this paper analyzes the main legal consequences of an event of corruption on the management of PPP contracts. The paper argues that the economic and legal particularities of the inherent structured financing of these contracts mean that their annulment, as a legal response in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), leads to significant economic costs for society and economic development. In light of this, some countries in the region have promoted legal reforms of their regulatory frameworks. Based on these experiences, this paper presents its main features and the challenges faced, together with other reform alternatives and the principles that could guide them. In particular, this paper highlights the need to develop tools that sanction corruption, ensuring at the same time the continuity of the project, the business opportunities of stakeholders uninvolved in the illegal act, and the public interest of society as a whole.
dc.format.extent40
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001355
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Effects_of_Corruption_on_Public–Private_Partnership_Contracts_Consequences_of_a_Zero-tolerance_Approach_en_en.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Efectos-de-la-corrupción-en-los-contratos-de-asociaciones-público-privadas-Consecuencias-de-un-enfoque-de-tolerancia-cero.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectTransparency and Anticorruption
dc.subjectFiscal Transparency
dc.subjectPublic Private Partnership
dc.subject.jelcodeG23 - Non-bank Financial Institutions • Financial Instruments • Institutional Investors
dc.subject.jelcodeG28 - Government Policy and Regulation
dc.subject.jelcodeO16 - Financial Markets • Saving and Capital Investment • Corporate Finance and Governance
dc.subject.jelcodeZ18 - Public Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeK10 - Basic Areas of Law: General
dc.subject.jelcodeK23 - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
dc.subject.keywordsalianzas público-privadas (APP);corrupción;nulidad;tolerancia cero
dc.typeDiscussion Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberDiscussion Papers
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