Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors

The note proposes a methodology for assessing the accountability framework of an urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector that it defines as the set of actors, mandates, contractual arrangements between actors, and instruments used by actors...

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Main Authors:	Locussol, Alain R., Fall, Matar
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABUSE ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ACCOUNTABILITY ASSET MANAGEMENT ASSETS BASIC SANITATION BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOARDS OF DIRECTORS CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTION PROCEDURES COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS CORRUPTION COST RECOVERY CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPRECIATION DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS EFFLUENT QUALITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION EXPANSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAUD INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING MONOPOLY PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PRICING POLICIES PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REGULATION BY CONTRACT SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TARIFF SETTING URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WATER BEING WATER COLLECTION WATER PRODUCTION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLIES WATER USERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388103/guiding-principles-successful-reforms-urban-water-supply-sanitation-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11724

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spelling	okr-10986-117242021-04-23T14:02:57Z Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors Locussol, Alain R. Fall, Matar ABUSE ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ACCOUNTABILITY ASSET MANAGEMENT ASSETS BASIC SANITATION BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOARDS OF DIRECTORS CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTION PROCEDURES COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS CORRUPTION COST RECOVERY CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPRECIATION DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS EFFLUENT QUALITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION EXPANSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAUD INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING MONOPOLY PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PRICING POLICIES PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REGULATION BY CONTRACT SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TARIFF SETTING URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WATER BEING WATER COLLECTION WATER PRODUCTION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLIES WATER USERS The note proposes a methodology for assessing the accountability framework of an urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector that it defines as the set of actors, mandates, contractual arrangements between actors, and instruments used by actors to implement their mandates. The accountability framework focuses on the five key functions of the urban WSS sector that are policy formulation, asset management and infrastructure development, service provision, financing, and regulation of the service. The note recommends that particular attention be paid to incentives, either productive or counterproductive, that could influence the performance of the WSS service. It also suggests identifying vested interests likely to be affected by reforms, with a focus on those engaged in fraud and corruption, as they could actively lobby against reforms which, if successfully implemented, would affect their revenues. The note focuses primarily on the provision of official piped WSS service, but it also recognizes that when a central service provides limited coverage or poor performance it can forfeit its monopoly status, whereupon alternatives to the piped WSS service often play an important role. The note also stresses the need for identifying weak links of the accountability framework as they could encourage fraud or corruption. The note finally summarizes best practice for setting WSS tariff levels and structures and for designing subsidies that reach those who need them. 2012-08-13T15:50:38Z 2012-08-13T15:50:38Z 2009-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388103/guiding-principles-successful-reforms-urban-water-supply-sanitation-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11724 English Water P-Notes; No. 31 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ABUSE ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ACCOUNTABILITY ASSET MANAGEMENT ASSETS BASIC SANITATION BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOARDS OF DIRECTORS CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTION PROCEDURES COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS CORRUPTION COST RECOVERY CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPRECIATION DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS EFFLUENT QUALITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION EXPANSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAUD INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING MONOPOLY PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PRICING POLICIES PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REGULATION BY CONTRACT SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TARIFF SETTING URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WATER BEING WATER COLLECTION WATER PRODUCTION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLIES WATER USERS
spellingShingle	ABUSE ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ACCOUNTABILITY ASSET MANAGEMENT ASSETS BASIC SANITATION BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOARDS OF DIRECTORS CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COLLECTION PROCEDURES COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS CORRUPTION COST RECOVERY CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPRECIATION DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS EFFLUENT QUALITY ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION EXPANSION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAUD INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING MONOPOLY PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT PRICING POLICIES PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PROCUREMENT PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS REGULATION BY CONTRACT SANITATION UTILITIES SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE STANDARDS TARIFF SETTING URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SUPPLY WASTE WATER WATER BEING WATER COLLECTION WATER PRODUCTION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLIES WATER USERS Locussol, Alain R. Fall, Matar Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors
relation	Water P-Notes; No. 31
description	The note proposes a methodology for assessing the accountability framework of an urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector that it defines as the set of actors, mandates, contractual arrangements between actors, and instruments used by actors to implement their mandates. The accountability framework focuses on the five key functions of the urban WSS sector that are policy formulation, asset management and infrastructure development, service provision, financing, and regulation of the service. The note recommends that particular attention be paid to incentives, either productive or counterproductive, that could influence the performance of the WSS service. It also suggests identifying vested interests likely to be affected by reforms, with a focus on those engaged in fraud and corruption, as they could actively lobby against reforms which, if successfully implemented, would affect their revenues. The note focuses primarily on the provision of official piped WSS service, but it also recognizes that when a central service provides limited coverage or poor performance it can forfeit its monopoly status, whereupon alternatives to the piped WSS service often play an important role. The note also stresses the need for identifying weak links of the accountability framework as they could encourage fraud or corruption. The note finally summarizes best practice for setting WSS tariff levels and structures and for designing subsidies that reach those who need them.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Locussol, Alain R. Fall, Matar
author_facet	Locussol, Alain R. Fall, Matar
author_sort	Locussol, Alain R.
title	Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors
title_short	Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors
title_full	Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors
title_fullStr	Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors
title_full_unstemmed	Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors
title_sort	guiding principles for successful reforms of urban water supply and sanitation sectors
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388103/guiding-principles-successful-reforms-urban-water-supply-sanitation-sectors http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11724
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Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors

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