Description: Charting a New Course : Structural Reforms in Colombia's Water Supply and Sanitation Sector

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Charting a New Course : Structural Reforms in Colombia's Water Supply and Sanitation Sector

Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and opportunities.In particular, the efficient provision of basic infrastructure services, like water and sanitation, is a key ingredient in fostering a country's social and economic...

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Main Authors:	Andres, Luis A., Sislen, David, Marin, Philippe
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Bogota 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO RESOURCES ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS APPROVAL OF TARIFFS ASSET MANAGEMENT AUDITING AUTONOMY AVAILABLE WATER BANKS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC SANITATION BASIC SERVICES BOOK VALUE BRANCHES BUDGETARY AUTONOMY BULK WATER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH FLOW CASH FLOWS CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CHILD MORTALITY COLLECTION EFFICIENCY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMPANY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT CONCESSION AGREEMENT CONSOLIDATION CONSUMPTION CHARGE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS CORPORATION CORPORATIONS COST OF CAPITAL COST OF SERVICE COSTS OF SERVICE COUNTERPART FUNDING CROSS SUBSIDIES CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS OF WATER CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DEBT DECENTRALIZATION DECENTRALIZATION PROCESS DELIVERY OF SERVICES DEPRECIATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC REGULATION EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS EFFICIENCY SCORES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION EVOLUTION OF TARIFFS EXPANSION FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FINANCIAL VIABILITY FINANCING SOURCES FIRMS FIXED CHARGE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDEPENDENT REGULATOR INDEPENDENT REGULATORY INDEPENDENT REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS INDUSTRIAL USERS INDUSTRY STRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT COST INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT FINANCING INVESTMENT PLANNING INVESTMENT SUBSIDIES LARGE CITIES LAWS LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL STATUS LIQUIDATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOWER INCOMES MANAGEMENT OF WATER MERGERS MUNICIPAL COMPANIES MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER COMPANIES MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS OPERATING INCOME OPERATIONAL COSTS OPERATIONAL PRACTICES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POPULATION WITH ACCESS PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE COMPANY PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE PARTICIPATION IN WATER PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE UTILITIES PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT PROVISION OF SERVICE PROVISION OF SERVICES PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS QUALITY REGULATION QUALITY WATER REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGULATORS REGULATORY APPROACH REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY COMMISSIONS REGULATORY DECISION REGULATORY DECISIONS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY PROCESSES REPLACEMENT OF WATER REPLACEMENT VALUE RESIDENTIAL TARIFFS RESOURCE CONSERVATION SANITATION COMPANIES SANITATION COVERAGE SANITATION INFRASTRUCTURE SANITATION INVESTMENT SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICE SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION SYSTEMS SERVICE CONTINUITY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SEWAGE SMALL CITIES SMALL MUNICIPALITIES STATE INTERVENTION SUPPLIERS TARIFF INCREASES TARIFF REGULATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TRANSITION PERIODS TRANSPORT URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION USE OF WATER UTILITY COMPANIES WASTE MANAGEMENT WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WATER BILL WATER COMPANIES WATER CONCESSIONS WATER COVERAGE WATER DEMAND WATER METERS WATER PRODUCTION WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVISION WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY CONTROL WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY COVERAGE WATER SYSTEM WATER TARIFFS WATER USAGE WATERSHEDS YARDSTICK COMPETITION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/396991468026975237/Charting-a-new-course-structural-reforms-in-Colombias-water-supply-and-sanitation-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27920

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Summary:	Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and opportunities.In particular, the efficient provision of basic infrastructure services, like water and sanitation, is a key ingredient in fostering a country's social and economic development. Previous studies have found that infrastructure has a positive impact on output, and can improve economic opportunity, including health and education for the poor, particularly in developing countries. In Argentina, a 2005 study, found that child mortality fell by 8 percent in areas that had experienced improved coverage and quality of basic water and sanitation through utility reform, with most of the reduction occurring in low-income areas where the water network expanded the most. More generally, Fay and Morrison found that allowing the poorest quintile in developing countries the same access to basic services as the richest quintile would reduce child mortality by 8 percent and child under development by 14 percent. Calderon and Serven also found a significant positive impact of infrastructure access and quality on overall inequality. Furthermore, the book sheds some light on how to address the main challenge for the future which may be to attract specialized operators to the smaller municipalities which do not currently have them. For that purpose in Colombia, for example, over the last two years, the policy framework has been focused on promoting the sector's development, by using the departments as the intermediate institutional level between the National Government and the municipalities, to formulate programs with regional impact and promote comprehensive investment plans.