Publication: Decentralization and Service Delivery in Albania : Governance in the Water Sector
Date
2011-04
ISSN
Published
2011-04
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This review of the water sector in
Albania was prepared as a background paper to the World
Bank s Country Partnership Strategy for Albania for
2011-2014. It draws on past analytical work on
decentralization in Albania as well as relevant World
Bank-financed operations such as the Water Sector Investment
Project. Over the past decade, the World Bank has
intensified its focus on governance as a key factor
accounting for variations in development effectiveness.
Through its long-standing engagement in Albania, the World
Bank has supported institutional development and governance
reforms to help strengthen the capacity of state
institutions to deliver public goods and achieve development
outcomes more effectively and efficiently. Governance is a
key pillar of the Government s National Strategy for
Development and Integration for 2007-2013. In an effort to
improve the performance of water supply and wastewater
services, the Government has designed reforms on the basis
of international best practice. In spite of these
well-intentioned policy decisions, utility performance has
been disappointing, in part because of excessively complex
design and implementation of sector governance arrangements.
There is a need to address water sector governance on
several fronts - legal, institutional, economic,
administrative, and social - all of which have implications
for service performance.
Citation
“World Bank. 2011. Decentralization and Service Delivery in Albania : Governance in the Water Sector. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/28a3c567-0900-5937-94f1-6493e387006d License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”