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The Welfare Effects of Private Sector Participation in Guinea's Urban Water Supply

In 1989 the government of Guinea enacted far-reaching reform of its water sector, which had been dominated by a poorly run public agency. The government signed a lease contract for operations and maintenance with a private operator, making a separate public enterprise responsible for ownership of as...

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Main Authors: Clarke, George, Menard, Claude, Zuluaga, Ana Maria
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
water supply
private sector participation
privatization of public enterprises
performance indicators
collection activities
water quality
water service connections
productivity
cost-benefit analysis
water metering
revenue sources
water demand
water consumption
benefit analysis
bilateral donors
bill collection
boreholes
capital formation
cash flow
connection charges
construction
consumer protection
cost of water
cubic meter
cubic meter of water
cubic meters
cut off
daily water production
debt
domestic users
drinking water
economic motivation
economic situation
employment
expenditures
exploitation
health problems
households
income
intermediate inputs
investment planning
investment project
maintenance costs
marginal cost
natural resources
number of connections
number of people with access
ownership of assets
piped water
pipeline
pipelines
price of water
private operator
private participation
public ownership
public utilities
public water
public works
quantity of water
rainfall
raw water
reservoirs
service quality
sewerage system
structural adjustment
urban water
urban water supply
wages
water distribution
water production
water sales
water sector
water supply system
water system
water systems
water tariffs
water utilities
welfare effects
wells
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21455

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