Coercive Policy Diffusion in a Developing Country: The Case of Public-Private Partnerships in Sri Lanka
- 29 June 2011
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Contemporary Asia
- Vol. 41 (3), 431-451
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2011.582713
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.21 page(sKeywords
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