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Let’s launch 15 PPPs… and pray
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That’s how many countries approach infrastructure. Big pipeline. Big announcements. Zero learning. Norway did the opposite. Smart those guys. In the early 2000s, they tested PPPs with just three projects:
That’s it. Three shots. Not fifteen. Not a political fireworks show. A controlled experiment. Same model. Same timeframe. Comparable results. And guess what? They delivered. On time. On budget. With proper risk transfer and availability payments that actually meant something. And they learnt a LOT. Then comes the part nobody tells you: They paused PPPs after that. Why? Because they already had what most governments never get: Data. Real data. From real projects. Not consultants. Not from professors at university slaving cheap Ph labour. Not theory. Not “global best practices.” Wow… how could nobody has thought something like this? Look. PPP is not the problem. Not alliance and other type of crap. No. Your approach is. You don’t need 15 projects. You need 3 well-structured ones… … and the discipline to learn before scaling. But that doesn’t look good in a press release, does it? Not when you need to insert a few cutting ribbons between elections, right? If you want the real playbook (not the conference version), you know where to click. ​Mentorship​ When you join... you'll get the course: Breaking Into PPP without the bullshit. PD 1: If you liked this email, don't keep it in secret and forward it to a friend. They will thank you enormously one day. PD 2: If somebody has sent you this email and you want to receive emails like this yourself, visit vicentevalencia.com PD 3: If you want unsubscribe, click the link below. |
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