Public-Private Partnership (PPP): Some Reflections on Ethiopian Higher Education

Abstract

Public- Private Partnership (PPP) is a post-cold war phenomenon developed
with the advent and popularization of theories like New Public Management
(NPM) and Alternate Service Delivery (ASD). It has become one of the
important developmental tools and many countries have also gained
significant results by effectively using public-private partnerships in higher
education.
In addition to the various practical benefits public-private partnership
provides both to the public and the private sectors, to the government, to the
general public and others, in Ethiopia there are a number of reasons for such
partnerships to be established, developed and utilized. More over, the level of
higher education development in Ethiopia provides a very wide opportunity
for public- private partnerships. Yet, the state of public-private partnership in
Ethiopian higher education is very low and unorganized and thus requires
lots of effort from all stakeholders2.