Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) are an investment model increasingly used in the world to pursue the public good, through the participation of private capital in the provision of public goods, services and infrastructure. In Mozambique, investments in the form of PPP have been taking place since the 1990s. Its forecast and legal regulation took place in 2011 with the entry into force of the PPP Law (Law 15/2011, of 10 August). This law establishes PPP as aiming to guarantee “efficient provision of goods and services to society and sharing of benefits with equity”. Practice, however, demonstrates that PPPs are the preferred area used by the political elite and the state bureaucracy to promote private ends to the detriment of the public interest.
This document presents the results of a study around a PPP, a study that reveals how it was and is being used by the ruling elite for their own benefit, violating the law and ignoring the interests of the community. The investigation was carried out by the Public Integrity Center (CIP) around the concession for the Production and Distribution of License Plates for Motor Vehicles and Trailers.
