Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision

Despite the efforts devoted to open government, transparency is mainly considered an issue for public organizations. However, various tasks such as public services delivery and management are being increasingly privatized or outsourced to public-private partnerships (PPPs). Our study aims to contrib...

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Autores: Reig, Monica, Gasco-Hernandez, Mila, Esteve, Marc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositorio:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
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Palabra clave:Public-private partnerships
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spelling Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water ProvisionReig, MonicaGasco-Hernandez, MilaEsteve, MarcPublic-private partnershipsDespite the efforts devoted to open government, transparency is mainly considered an issue for public organizations. However, various tasks such as public services delivery and management are being increasingly privatized or outsourced to public-private partnerships (PPPs). Our study aims to contribute towards bridging this gap by answering two research questions: (1) What determines internal and external transparency in PPPs? and (2) To what extent does internal transparency contribute to external transparency? We answer these questions through a qualitative case study, consisting of 38 in-depth interviews, on the transparency in water provision and management in the city of Barcelona. We conclude that in the case of PPPs, even when the service provided is excellent, transparency goes beyond making data available; thus, politicians and managers must build a narrative around the data they provide that guides citizens and partners in their interpretation of the information. Furthermore, our results show that internal transparency influences external transparency.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)Universitat Ramon Llull. Esade202520252021info:eu-repo/semantics/article15 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5033http://doi.org/10.3390/su13041777reponame:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llullinstname:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)InglésSustainability (Switzerland)© L'autor/aAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/50332026-06-21T06:40:37Z
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title Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
spellingShingle Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
Reig, Monica
Public-private partnerships
title_short Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
title_full Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
title_fullStr Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
title_full_unstemmed Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
title_sort Internal and External Transparency in Public-Private Partnerships—The Case of Barcelona’s Water Provision
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Reig, Monica
Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
Esteve, Marc
author Reig, Monica
author_facet Reig, Monica
Gasco-Hernandez, Mila
Esteve, Marc
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Esteve, Marc
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Public-private partnerships
topic Public-private partnerships
description Despite the efforts devoted to open government, transparency is mainly considered an issue for public organizations. However, various tasks such as public services delivery and management are being increasingly privatized or outsourced to public-private partnerships (PPPs). Our study aims to contribute towards bridging this gap by answering two research questions: (1) What determines internal and external transparency in PPPs? and (2) To what extent does internal transparency contribute to external transparency? We answer these questions through a qualitative case study, consisting of 38 in-depth interviews, on the transparency in water provision and management in the city of Barcelona. We conclude that in the case of PPPs, even when the service provided is excellent, transparency goes beyond making data available; thus, politicians and managers must build a narrative around the data they provide that guides citizens and partners in their interpretation of the information. Furthermore, our results show that internal transparency influences external transparency.
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