Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform

Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform

Urban water supply services have traditionally been provided by state-owned, water utilities. In the past decades, many governments have tried to turn state-owned water utilities into effective and viable organizations with mixed success. Why have...

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Main Authors: Ginneken, Meike van, Kingdom, Bill
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ASSET OWNERSHIP
BEST PRACTICE
BUSINESS PLANS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CIVIL SOCIETY
CONSUMER PARTICIPATION
CONTRACT DESIGN
COST RECOVERY
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
INFORMATION PROVISION
INVESTMENT PLANNING
LEAKAGE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NETWORKS
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS
PERFORMANCE CONTRACT
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
PERFORMANCE TARGETS
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PROCUREMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUBLIC WATER
PUBLIC WATER UTILITY
RESULTS
SAFE WATER
SAFE WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SECTOR
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE CORPORATION
STANDARD CONTRACT
TARIFF STRUCTURE
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
USERS
USES
UTILITY MANAGEMENT
WATER SECTOR
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
WATER UTILITIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10223295/key-topics-public-water-utility-reform
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11732
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Summary:Urban water supply services have traditionally been provided by state-owned, water utilities. In the past decades, many governments have tried to turn state-owned water utilities into effective and viable organizations with mixed success. Why have some public utilities become more efficient service providers, while others have not been able to break the vicious cycle of low performance and low cost recovery? The World Bank report "key topics in public water utility reform" presents a framework of attributes of well functioning utilities and how they have introduced key institutional measures. It thus aims to help water and sanitation sector practitioners to choose and apply public utility reform approaches.

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