Description: Water Concessions : Who Wins, Who Loses, and What To Do About It

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Water Concessions : Who Wins, Who Loses, and What To Do About It

This note, based on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) project database, reviews trends in infrastructure projects with private participation in low-income countries. Four main conclusions arise. Surprisingly, the p...

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Main Author:	van den Berg, Caroline
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	WATER DELIVERY CONCESSIONS SERVICE COVERAGE WATER QUALITY WATER UTILITIES OPERATIONAL INTERVENTIONS CONTRACT FORMULATION DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT TRANSACTION COSTS CASH FLOW CONCESSION CONCESSION CONTRACT CONCESSION FEE CONNECTION CONNECTION FEE CONNECTIONS CONTRACT PERIOD CORPORATE INCOME TAX DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DIVIDENDS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME INVESTMENT SUBSIDIES LOCAL AUTHORITIES MULTILATERAL LOANS MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES PORTS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PROVINCIAL UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WATER REFORM PROGRAMS SANITATION SANITATION PROGRAM SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE TREATMENT SEWER NETWORKS SHAREHOLDERS SLUDGE DISPOSAL TAL TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF STRUCTURE TREASURY USERS UTILITIES WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER RESOURCE WATER SUPPLY WELLS WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729353/water-concessions-wins-loses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11412

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Summary:	This note, based on the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) project database, reviews trends in infrastructure projects with private participation in low-income countries. Four main conclusions arise. Surprisingly, the proportion of countries with at least one project - eighty one percent - is higher among low-income, than middle-income countries. As in middle-income countries, most investment has been in telecommunications, or energy projects. However, in low-income countries, well over half the projects are greenfield. And the scale of private participation in low-income countries, lags far behind that in middle-income countries.