STUDY OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT: IN CASE OF HAWASSA CITY.

Main Advisor Bahiru Bewket (PhD) ABSTRACT This thesis presents the findings of feasibility study of Public Private Partnership in construction in Hawassa city administration. There was different related studies done in this particular issue at last five years in Ethiopia done on construction, on local laws, on implementing factors of public private partnership in Ethiopia, however the feasibility of public private partnership at state level is too weak and not visible in construction sectors due to the presence of different factors affecting implementation of public private partnership besides it is identified in previous research.. The main reason to make proclivity towards this study was the absence of public private partnership practically and to identify the challenges that affect feasibility of it at state level. To collected data questionnaire survey was conducted bearing in mind expert and administrators of sector from municipality office and administration office of sub-cities. The survey respondents were selected by simple random sampling technic with hands-on specialization area that may residue idea of related to public private partnership. They were asked about feasibility of public private partnership in the city; challenges affecting feasibility and about challenge minimizing strategy. The data were analyzed using statically package for social science version 20. The findings shows the absence of public private partnership in Hawassa city, due to the lack of public private partnership project, and the challenges that affect feasibility of public private partnership was identified as legal and institutional frame work and public private partnership model having MS 4.91, 3.99 and 3.76 respectively, challenge minimizing strategy identified by analysis result was sharing experience from the foreign countries. These findings provide an idea of the availability, factors that could attract feasibility and minimizing strategy having more or less similar perception and opinion. Key words: Availability; Challenges; Construction; private partners; public partners; Public private partnership.