TY - JOUR
T1 - The UK's Prudential borrowing framework
T2 - a retrograde step in managing risk?
AU - Hood, John
AU - Asenova, Darinka
AU - Bailey, Stephen
AU - Manochin, Melina M.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - The contemporary understanding of public sector risk management entails a broadening of the traditional bureaucratic approach to risk beyond the boundaries of purely financial risks. However, evidence suggests that in reality public sector risk management does not always match the rhetoric. This paper focuses on the apparent inadequacy of any risk framework in the current Prudential Borrowing Framework (PBF) guidance in relation to that which was developed under Public Private Partnerships and Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Our analysis shows that the PBF and its associated indicators for local authorities adopt a narrow financial approach and fail to account for the full range of potential risks associated with capital projects.
The PBF does not provide a framework for local authorities to consider long-term risk and fails to encourage understanding of the generic nature of risk. The introduction of the PBF appears to represent a retrograde step from PPP/PFI as regards risk and risk management.
AB - The contemporary understanding of public sector risk management entails a broadening of the traditional bureaucratic approach to risk beyond the boundaries of purely financial risks. However, evidence suggests that in reality public sector risk management does not always match the rhetoric. This paper focuses on the apparent inadequacy of any risk framework in the current Prudential Borrowing Framework (PBF) guidance in relation to that which was developed under Public Private Partnerships and Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Our analysis shows that the PBF and its associated indicators for local authorities adopt a narrow financial approach and fail to account for the full range of potential risks associated with capital projects.
The PBF does not provide a framework for local authorities to consider long-term risk and fails to encourage understanding of the generic nature of risk. The introduction of the PBF appears to represent a retrograde step from PPP/PFI as regards risk and risk management.
KW - Prudential borrowing framework
KW - Prudential code
KW - risk management
KW - capital finance
KW - public private partnerships
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U2 - 10.1080/13669870601054845
DO - 10.1080/13669870601054845
M3 - Article
SN - 1366-9877
VL - 10
SP - 49
EP - 66
JO - Journal of Risk Research
JF - Journal of Risk Research
IS - 1
ER -