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Water Nationalization and Service Quality

The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of Uruguay's privatization and subsequent nationalization of water services on network access and water quality. The results suggest that although the early privatization of water services h...

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Main Authors:	Borraz, Fernando, González Pampillon, Nicolás, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO DATA ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS BENCHMARK COMPETITION CAPACITY BUILDING CHEMISTRY CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATES COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONNECTION CHARGES CONSTRUCTION ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FIXED CHARGE HOUSEHOLDS JOINT VENTURE LARGE CITIES LITIGATION METEOROLOGY MONOPOLY POWER MUNICIPALITIES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PH POOR WATER QUALITY POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS POTABLE WATER PRICE REGULATION PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATIZATION PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC COMPANY PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY WATER QUANTITY OF WATER REGULATORY BODIES REGULATORY COMPLIANCE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFE WATER SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE AREA SERVICE QUALITY SEWERAGE NETWORK SEWERAGE SERVICE TOILETS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SERVICES WATER COMPANIES WATER COMPANY WATER CONNECTIONS WATER CRISIS WATER DEMAND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WATER POLICY WATER PROVIDERS WATER PROVISION WATER QUALITY WATER SANITATION WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIERS WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY REHABILITATION WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER SYSTEM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17173697/water-nationalization-service-quality http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12180

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Summary:	The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of Uruguay's privatization and subsequent nationalization of water services on network access and water quality. The results suggest that although the early privatization of water services had little impact on access to the sanitation network, the subsequent nationalization led to an increase in network access at the bottom of the income distribution as well as an improvement in water quality.