Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets
Traditionally, International Finance Corporation (IFC) engagement in the water sector has focused on large municipal infrastructure projects, where individual transactions are of sufficient scale to attract commercial project finance. Such projects...
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okr-10986-104612021-04-23T14:02:50Z Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets Kumar, Vikram Davies, Will ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO WATER CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY SYSTEMS COMPETITIVE BIDDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS CONTRACT PERIOD COVERING DEMAND FOR WATER DRINKING WATER FIXED COSTS IRRIGATION LARGE UTILITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY MAINTENANCE COSTS MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL WATER OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OPERATORS PIPELINE PIPELINES PIPES POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE OPERATOR PRODUCTS PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS RESEARCH RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL WATER SAFE WATER SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE QUALITY SLUMS SPARE PARTS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN SANITATION UTILITIES WATER WATER MARKET WATER MARKETS WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WELLS Traditionally, International Finance Corporation (IFC) engagement in the water sector has focused on large municipal infrastructure projects, where individual transactions are of sufficient scale to attract commercial project finance. Such projects, involving capital-intensive network infrastructure, can often be commercially attractive but have generally failed to provide access to poorer consumers living outside of formal urban centers. So what about the 'base of the pyramid' populations that those large utility systems fail to reach, rural communities, and sometimes poorer urban customers living within informal settlements and rapidly growing peri-urban areas? New business models are needed, adapted to the reality of water-supply necessities in the developing world, but with the economies of scale required to achieve financial sustainability. This smart lesson describes some early ventures by IFC to invest in and develop market opportunities in the challenging but potentially far-reaching area of distributed off-grid water supplies. 2012-08-13T11:36:24Z 2012-08-13T11:36:24Z 2010-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13190422/thinking-outside-pipeline-venturing-distributed-off-grid-water-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10461 English IFC Smart Lessons Brief CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO WATER CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY SYSTEMS COMPETITIVE BIDDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS CONTRACT PERIOD COVERING DEMAND FOR WATER DRINKING WATER FIXED COSTS IRRIGATION LARGE UTILITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY MAINTENANCE COSTS MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL WATER OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OPERATORS PIPELINE PIPELINES PIPES POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE OPERATOR PRODUCTS PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS RESEARCH RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL WATER SAFE WATER SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE QUALITY SLUMS SPARE PARTS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN SANITATION UTILITIES WATER WATER MARKET WATER MARKETS WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WELLS |
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ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO WATER CLEAN WATER COMMUNITY SYSTEMS COMPETITIVE BIDDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS CONTRACT PERIOD COVERING DEMAND FOR WATER DRINKING WATER FIXED COSTS IRRIGATION LARGE UTILITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COMMUNITY MAINTENANCE COSTS MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE MUNICIPAL WATER OPERATIONAL CAPACITY OPERATORS PIPELINE PIPELINES PIPES POPULATION GROWTH PRIVATE OPERATOR PRODUCTS PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS RESEARCH RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL WATER SAFE WATER SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE QUALITY SLUMS SPARE PARTS SUSTAINABLE WATER SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS URBAN SANITATION UTILITIES WATER WATER MARKET WATER MARKETS WATER RESOURCES WATER SCARCITY WATER SECTOR WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEMS WELLS Kumar, Vikram Davies, Will Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets |
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Traditionally, International Finance
Corporation (IFC) engagement in the water sector has focused
on large municipal infrastructure projects, where individual
transactions are of sufficient scale to attract commercial
project finance. Such projects, involving capital-intensive
network infrastructure, can often be commercially attractive
but have generally failed to provide access to poorer
consumers living outside of formal urban centers. So what
about the 'base of the pyramid' populations that
those large utility systems fail to reach, rural
communities, and sometimes poorer urban customers living
within informal settlements and rapidly growing peri-urban
areas? New business models are needed, adapted to the
reality of water-supply necessities in the developing world,
but with the economies of scale required to achieve
financial sustainability. This smart lesson describes some
early ventures by IFC to invest in and develop market
opportunities in the challenging but potentially
far-reaching area of distributed off-grid water supplies. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Kumar, Vikram Davies, Will |
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Kumar, Vikram Davies, Will |
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Kumar, Vikram |
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Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets |
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Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets |
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Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets |
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Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets |
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Thinking Outside the Pipeline : Venturing into Distributed Off-Grid Water Markets |
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thinking outside the pipeline : venturing into distributed off-grid water markets |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/11/13190422/thinking-outside-pipeline-venturing-distributed-off-grid-water-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10461 |
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