Publication: An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa
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2006-01-19
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2006-01-19
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Kirkpatrick, Colin
Parker, David
Zhang, Yin-Fang
Abstract
Under pressure from donor agencies and
international financial institutions such as the World Bank,
some developing countries have experimented with the
privatization of water services. This article reviews the
econometric evidence on the effects of water privatization
in developing economies and presents new results using
statistical data envelopment analysis and stochastic cost
frontier techniques and data from Africa. The analysis fails
to show evidence of better performance by private utilities
than by state owned utilities. Among the reasons why water
privatization could prove problematic in lower-income
economies are the technology of water provision and the
nature of the product, transaction costs, and regulatory weaknesses.
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“Kirkpatrick, Colin; Parker, David; Zhang, Yin-Fang. 2006. An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa. World Bank Economic Review. © Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16465 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”
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