Using Management and Lease-Affermage Contracts for Water Supply : How Effective Are They in Improving Service Delivery
As governments in developing countries seek to expand access to water supply and improve the quality of service, they are considering a range of options for public-private partnerships. Yet proposals to involve the private sector have often met wi...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/09/7091043/using-management-lease-affermage-contracts-water-supply-effective-improving-service-delivery http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10723 |
| Summary: | As governments in developing countries
seek to expand access to water supply and improve the
quality of service, they are considering a range of options
for public-private partnerships. Yet proposals to involve
the private sector have often met with concerns - about
tariff hikes, staff cutbacks, and ability to reduce
inefficiency and expand access to service among the poor.
And experience with the more than 300 contracts bringing
private operators into water supply in 1990-2004 has been
mixed. How have water utilities performed under management
and lease-affermage contracts? Eight case studies across
developing regions show that performance has generally
improved-across a range of measures. |
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