Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?

With urban and especially periurban populations set to grow at unprecedented rates in Africa, and service coverage continuing to lag, governments and donors have begun to recognize that small-scale providers have an increasingly critical role to pl...

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Main Authors:	Kariuki, Mukami, Schwartz, Jordan, Schur, Michael
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SERVICES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS COLLUSION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SUPPLY HOUSEHOLDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT COSTS LARGE TOWNS LEGAL STATUS LENDERS LOCAL OPERATORS LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL UTILITIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NORTH AFRICA PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RENT SEEKERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SANITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWNS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN CENTERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7090909/reaching-unserved-communities-africa-basic-services-can-small-scale-private-service-providers-save-day http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10731

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spelling	okr-10986-107312021-04-23T14:02:52Z Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day? Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan Schur, Michael BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SERVICES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS COLLUSION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SUPPLY HOUSEHOLDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT COSTS LARGE TOWNS LEGAL STATUS LENDERS LOCAL OPERATORS LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL UTILITIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NORTH AFRICA PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RENT SEEKERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SANITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWNS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN CENTERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER SUPPLY With urban and especially periurban populations set to grow at unprecedented rates in Africa, and service coverage continuing to lag, governments and donors have begun to recognize that small-scale providers have an increasingly critical role to play. They have also begun to focus on the importance of creating an environment that enables these providers to supply good quality service. Most African countries face big deficits in infrastructure, and their efforts to scale up the services of small-scale service providers may be impeded by lack of capacity or resources or even by collusion and rent seeking by larger, formal service providers. Improving or extending the services of small scale service providers must therefore be part of-not a substitute for-reform of the infrastructure sector. 2012-08-13T12:57:14Z 2012-08-13T12:57:14Z 2006-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7090909/reaching-unserved-communities-africa-basic-services-can-small-scale-private-service-providers-save-day http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10731 English Gridlines; No. 9 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SERVICES CAPITAL INVESTMENTS COLLUSION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES ENERGY SUPPLY HOUSEHOLDS INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT COSTS LARGE TOWNS LEGAL STATUS LENDERS LOCAL OPERATORS LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MIDDLE EAST NATIONAL UTILITIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NORTH AFRICA PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE PROVIDERS PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RENT SEEKERS RURAL COMMUNITIES SANITATION SERVICE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWNS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUPPLIERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN CENTERS WATER DEPARTMENT WATER SUPPLY
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description	With urban and especially periurban populations set to grow at unprecedented rates in Africa, and service coverage continuing to lag, governments and donors have begun to recognize that small-scale providers have an increasingly critical role to play. They have also begun to focus on the importance of creating an environment that enables these providers to supply good quality service. Most African countries face big deficits in infrastructure, and their efforts to scale up the services of small-scale service providers may be impeded by lack of capacity or resources or even by collusion and rent seeking by larger, formal service providers. Improving or extending the services of small scale service providers must therefore be part of-not a substitute for-reform of the infrastructure sector.
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author	Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan Schur, Michael
author_facet	Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan Schur, Michael
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title	Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?
title_short	Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?
title_full	Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?
title_fullStr	Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?
title_full_unstemmed	Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?
title_sort	reaching unserved communities in africa with basic services : can small-scale private service providers save the day?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7090909/reaching-unserved-communities-africa-basic-services-can-small-scale-private-service-providers-save-day http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10731
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