Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services :
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[Book]
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a Toolkit.
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Herndon :
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World Bank Publications,
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2005.
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1 online resource (347 pages)
GENERAL NOTES
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Box 3.1 Could more consultation have helped the La Paz-El Alto and Cochabamba concessions?
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface; Overview; 1 Considering private participation; 1.1 Underlying policy problems in water services; 1.2 Some possible effects of private participation; 1.3 The challenge of getting private participation to work; 1.4 Models of private participation; 1.5 Approach of the Toolkit; 2 Planning the process of introducing private participation; 2.1 Four stages; 2.2 Stakeholder consultation and analysis; 2.3 Setting up government institutions to manage the process; 2.4 Analytic and advisory work required.
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3 Involving stakeholders in the design of the arrangement3.1 Identifying stakeholders; 3.2 Developing a strategy for engaging stakeholders; 3.3 Interacting with different groups of stakeholders; 3.4 Identifying winners and losers under different options; 4 Setting upstream policy; 4.1 Allocating responsibilities among different levels of government; 4.2 Determining the appropriate market structure; 4.3 Establishing rules for competition; 5 Setting service standards, tariffs, subsidies, and financial arrangements; 5.1 Setting a service goal; 5.2 Estimating the cost of service.
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5.3 Determining the mix of tariffs and subsidies5.4 Implications for design of the arrangement; 5.5 Accessing and structuring finance for investment; 6 Allocating responsibilities and risks; 6.1 Analyzing responsibilities and risks; 6.2 Determining the best allocation of responsibilities and risks; 6.3 Designing risk allocation rules; 6.4 Allocating risks and responsibilities under different models of private participation; 7 Developing institutions to manage the relationship; 7.1 Tasks and institutions; 7.2 Monitoring and enforcing performance; 7.3 Resolving disputes; 7.4 Adjusting tariffs.
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7.5 Involving customers7.6 Maintaining good working relations; 7.7 Links between institutions to manage the relationship and models of private participation; 8 Designing legal instruments for the arrangement; 8.1 Choosing legal instruments; 8.2 Working with administrative, concession, and regulatory codes; 8.3 Ensuring that people comply with their obligations; 9 Selecting an operator; 9.1 Choosing a selection method; 9.2 Setting the selection criteria for competitive bidding; 9.3 Managing the bidding; 9.4 Dealing with other issues; Appendix A: Examples; Amman (Jordan); Cartagena (Colombia).
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Chaumont (France)Cochabamba (Bolivia); Côte d'Ivoire; Gabon; Gdansk (Poland); La Paz and El Alto (Bolivia); London and Thames Valley (United Kingdom); Metro Manila (Philippines); San Pedro Sula (Honduras); Santiago (Chile); Senegal; Sofia (Bulgaria); Tangiers (Morocco); Trinidad and Tobago; Appendix B: The policy simulation model; Glossary; References; Index; Boxes; Box 2.1 Central government support and private participation for building local government capacity in South Africa; Box 2.2 A typical contract package.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services is an informative toolkit that provides options for the design of policies to facilitate the delivery of good quality water and sanitation services to the poor. It highlights the need for tariffs, investment, stakeholder consultation, and regulatory policies to address the affordability and sustainability of those services. Targeted to an audience that includes government advisors as well as consultants, lawyers, and donors, the toolkit builds on previous global experience in private participation in water and sanitation supply. Developing.
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Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services : A Toolkit.