Towards an Effective Partnership Policy for Improving Urban Low-Income Housing Provision in Nigeria: New Institutional Economics Perspective

Taiwo Gbadegesin

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Towards an Effective Partnership Policy for Improving Urban Low-Income Housing Provision in Nigeria: New Institutional Economics Perspective

Taiwo Gbadegesin

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Abstract

Recent critique against the past urban housing provision strategies in Nigeria was that the low-income groups are marginalised. It then led to the adoption of public private partnership (PPP) initiative with a view to pursuing the broad goal of housing-for-all in Nigeria. Most recent studies have however criticised the effectiveness of the existing PPP practice in the housing provision structure without providing a pragmatic suggestion towards an effective framework for improvement. It thus raised the question; what are the main causes of ineffectiveness of existing PPP in housing provision and how can an effective PPP policy framework for urban low-income housing be achieved in Nigeria? This study utilised the concepts of new institutional economics (NIE) - a theoretical and methodological underpinning for multi-actors’ policy matters. Using qualitative data from structured interview and credible literature sources, findings indicate that uncertainties in land accessibility, high transaction costs and the developers’ high profit agenda, are the major causes of PPP ineffectiveness for housing provision, which are also attributed to lack of a specific PPP policy that recognises all income groups and their roles on housing provision. End-users suggested that government could have a negotiation with land owners and building materials dealers to address the housing problem. In conclusion, it is established in this study that adoption of all-inclusive conceptual approach described within the context of NIE thought can facilitate an effective planning for urban low-income housing in Nigeria.
KEYWORDS: Cities, Low-income-housing, NIE, Nigeria, PPP.

Original language	English
Article number	14
Pages (from-to)	124-150
Number of pages	28
Journal	International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14424/ijcscm703017-124-150
Publication status	Published - 2017

Bibliographical note

The author wishes to acknowledge the input of Dr Harry van der Heijden who helped in the initial review and editing of the paper. I am also grateful to OTB-Research Institute for the Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU DELFT for providing the facilities during the course of this study and the contribution made during 9th CIDB Postgraduate Conference February 2-4, 2016, Cape Town, South Africa.

Keywords

NIE
Low-income-housing
Cities
Nigeria
PPP

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Towards an Effective Partnership Policy for Improving Urban Low-Income Housing Provision in Nigeria: New Institutional Economics Perspective

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