A Transitory Regime : Water Supply in Conakry, Guinea

Both consumers and the government benefited from reform of the water system in Conakry, Guinea, whose deterioration since independence had become critical by the mid-1980s. Less than 40 percent of Conakry's population had access to piped water - low even by regional standards - and service was...

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Main Authors:	Menard, Claude, Clarke, George
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	water supply water sources labor productivity water tariffs water service connections water quality sewerage dispute resolution water metering reform implementation private sector participation institutional capacity administrative capacity agricultural production annual rainfall average annual rainfall benefit analysis bill collection boreholes cost of water cost recovery debt drinking water economic circumstances economic policies employment exchange rate exploitation farmers farming fresh water government expenditures groundwater groundwater resources high levels household connections households marginal cost mortality rate natural resources number of connections piped water pipeline pit latrines population growth price of water private operator private participation private participation in water producers public utilities public water rainwater raw water retained earnings sea service delivery service quality sewerage system structural adjustment urban areas urban growth urban water urban water supply wages washing water distribution water pressure water resources water sales water sector water source water supply system water system water systems water utilities wells
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21458

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A Transitory Regime : Water Supply in Conakry, Guinea

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