Public Private Partnerships of Solomon Islands

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Historically, the government has been the main provider of public services to the population of the islands, due in large part to the relatively small size of the private sector. However, in recent years the government has attempted to improve service delivery by encouraging private sector participation in the funding and provision of services that have been traditionally provided by the state. One area in which this can be seen is a programme to reform state-owned enterprises, which began in 2007 under the schedule of the State-Owned-Enterprise (SOE) Act. The SOE Act created a framework to privatise failed SOEs and encourage public and private collaboration in SOE service delivery.

Other countries across the Pacific have been instrumental in improving infrastructure and service delivery in Solomon Islands. In July 2003, following several years of conflict throughout the country, a partnership between the people and Government of Solomon Islands and 15 countries of the Pacific – the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) – was drawn up at the request of the government. Since then, significant improvements have been seen and RAMSI is continuing to assist Solomon Islands on its path to recovery.

In 2012, government representatives from Solomon Islands attended the Regional Roundtable on Promoting Public Private Partnerships for Local Economic Development in the Pacific in Fiji.