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D1 - Transnational Public Private Partnerships for Environment,
Health, and Social Rights
Coordinators
Prof. Dr. Thomas Risse
Dr. Marianne Beisheim
Member of the coordinating team: Dr. Andrea Liese.
Project Members
Sabine Campe
Christopher Kaan
Marco Schäferhoff
Dr. Cornelia Ulbert
Nicole Helmerich
Dr. Anna Holzscheiter
Brief description
The project investigates the conditions for the institutionalization and success of transnational public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the provision of public goods in areas of limited statehood. We examine PPPs in the areas of environment, health, and social rights, which strive to implement the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Transnational PPPs could be particularly relevant for areas of limited statehood, where many governments are not able to supply public goods sufficiently.
Our analysis is based on a comparative research design. Systematic case studies allow us to test hypotheses that we deduce from International Relations literature, in particular from theories of international cooperation and compliance theories. The project is divided in two parts:
In the first part of the project, we will map the degree of institutionalization of diff erent PPPs and examine why diff erent institutional designs of PPPs are structured the way they are. The second part of the project investigates under which conditions PPPs prove to be effective tools of governance. Here, we examine whether members comply with the rules of partnerships and/or whether PPPs attain their own objectives. One of our most important assumptions is that the institutional design of PPPs is a crucial factor for their success. In order to carry out the empirical research, we will conduct interviews with the various partners of each PPP and experts from the field. In the long run, the project aims at evaluating the contribution of PPPs to the effectiveness and legitimacy of global governance.
Case Study Pool
| Issue Area/ Cases | Researcher / Contact |
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Environment: Building Partnerships for Development in Water and Sanitation (BPD) Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) Global Village Energy Partnership (GVEP) Global Water Partnership (GWP) Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) World Commission on Dams (WCD)
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Sabine Campe / scampe@zedat.fu-berlin.de |
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Social Rights & Nutritions: Common Code for the Coffee Community (4-C) Global Alliance for Workers and Communities (GAWC) Global Alliance on Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Global Code of Ethics in Tourism (GECET) International Alliance Against Hunger (IAAH) Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000) United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
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Christopher Kaan / ckaan@zedat.fu-berlin.de |
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Health: Children’s Vaccine Initiative (CVI) Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy (GAEL) Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) Global Public-Private Partnership for Handwashing with Soap (PPPHW) International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) Roll Back Malaria (RBM)
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Marco Schäferhoff / maschaef@zedat.fu-berlin.de |





