Reasons for the Potential Implementation of Public-Private Partnerships in Ethiopian Road Infrastructure Provision

Table 4

Ranking of reasons for PPP implementation in the Ethiopian road sector.

Reasons	N	Mean	RII	Standard deviation	Variance	Rank	T (test value = 3.5)	Sig. (2-tailed)
Infrastructure demand that is increasing at a faster rate	121	3.634	0.7732	0.682	0.465	8	2.159	0.033
Local economic development required	121	3.727	0.7268	0.916	0.839	6	2.725	0.007
Requirement for improved project scrutiny	121	3.421	0.7454	0.655	0.429	11	−1.326	0.187
Requirement for improvements in the levels of services	121	3.750	0.6842	0.905	0.819	5	3.037	0.002
Scarcity in government funding	121	3.907	0.75	1.025	1.050	1	4.368	0.000
The demand for the skills and experience of the private sector	121	3.787	0.7814	0.966	0.933	4	3.267	0.001
The inability of the public sector to assume all project risks	121	3.866	0.7676	1.269	1.612	2	3.171	0.002
The need for value for money	121	3.594	0.7574	0.492	0.242	9	2.101	0.037
The social strain on people due to poor road facilities	121	3.838	0.7188	0.826	0.682	3	4.499	0.000
Traffic congestion reduction	121	3.566	0.7132	0.356	0.126	10	2.038	0.043
Whole of life cost savings required	121	3.662	0.7324	0.702	0.493	7	2.535	0.012