From Megaproject to White Elephant: Lessons from the Philippines’s Bataan Nuclear Power Plant
Drawing from recent literature on white elephant projects, thisarticle examines the case of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP)—the paradigmatic example of a white elephant project in the Philippines. The BNPP megaproject had massive implications for the country’s fiscal standing and long-term eco...
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Archīum Ateneo
2018
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol66/iss3/4 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4306/viewcontent/6472.pdf |
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| Institution: | Ateneo De Manila University |
| Summary: | Drawing from recent literature on white elephant projects, thisarticle examines the case of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP)—the paradigmatic example of a white elephant project in the Philippines. The BNPP megaproject had massive implications for the country’s fiscal standing and long-term economic prospects, offering lessons for future projects of this size and significance. By revisiting the BNPP’s problematic history as well as the continuing infrastructure governance challenges in the post-Marcos period, this study outlines the repercussions of such dynamics for the Philippine government’s “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, the most ambitious since the Marcos era.KEYWORDS: BATAAN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT • INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT • MEGAPROJECTS • RENT-SEEKING • PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) |
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