Coercive Policy Diffusion in a Developing Country: The Case of Public-Private Partnerships in Sri Lanka |
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Authors: | Ranjith Appuhami Sujatha Perera Hector Perera |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance , Macquarie University , Sydney, Australia ranjith.appuhami@mq.edu.au;3. Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance , Macquarie University , Sydney, Australia |
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Abstract: | Over the last two decades, public-private partnership policy has been adopted in developing countries to a lesser degree than in industrialised countries. This paper argues that this policy has been diffused to developing countries like Sri Lanka with coercion from international aid-granting organisations through conditionalities attached to financial assistance. It details the country-specific challenges faced by Sri Lanka in responding to conditionalities as it has sought to implement this policy. Drawing on policy diffusion theory the paper develops a framework to be used in analysing the issues under investigation. |
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Keywords: | Public-private partnership Sri Lanka challenges developing countries coercion policy diffusion |
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