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
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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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spelling okr-10986-117322021-04-23T14:02:57Z Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform Ginneken, Meike van Kingdom, Bill 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 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. 2012-08-13T15:52:03Z 2012-08-13T15:52:03Z 2009-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10223295/key-topics-public-water-utility-reform http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11732 English Water P-Notes; No. 21 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 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
spellingShingle 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
Ginneken, Meike van
Kingdom, Bill
Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform
relation Water P-Notes; No. 21
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Ginneken, Meike van
Kingdom, Bill
author_facet Ginneken, Meike van
Kingdom, Bill
author_sort Ginneken, Meike van
title Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform
title_short Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform
title_full Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform
title_fullStr Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform
title_full_unstemmed Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform
title_sort key topics in public water utility reform
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url 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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