促參政策推動目標之評析－－以英國經驗為例

民國89年「促進民間參與公共建設法」通過以來，政府即大力推動，希望能實現陳水扁總統上任後所宣示的一個重要政策方向－－「民間能夠做的，政府就不做」。截至93年底，完成簽約的專案共72件。去年初（2004年），游錫堃前院長更做了政策性宣示，要求年度促參專案的推動目標為一千億。

In recent years, Taiwan’s government has made great efforts to promote private participation in public works. The total value of such projects executed in 2004 reached more than 100 billion NT dollars. How to evaluate their performance? In fact, the performance can be evaluated either according to results or according to efficiency. The former involves assessing the capital value created by completion of the project per unit of input; the latter involves assessing the relative efficiency of private versus government provision of the public service delivered by the project.
In the UK experience, the main purpose of such policy is to ensure that private participation actually brings heightened efficiency to the implementation of public works. On this basis, pursuing greater private participation will generate greater efficiency. When the government is functioning under fiscal constraints, expanding the input of private resources into public works serves both to boost economic growth and to raise the level of public services. The government should adopt a dynamic approach to managing private participation in public projects, and adjust how it carries out this policy in accordance with the performance at each stage of the project implementation.