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Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors

dc.contributor.author Locussol, Alain R.
dc.contributor.author Fall, Matar
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T15:50:38Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T15:50:38Z
dc.date.issued 2009-04
dc.description.abstract The note proposes a methodology for assessing the accountability framework of an urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector that it defines as the set of actors, mandates, contractual arrangements between actors, and instruments used by actors to implement their mandates. The accountability framework focuses on the five key functions of the urban WSS sector that are policy formulation, asset management and infrastructure development, service provision, financing, and regulation of the service. The note recommends that particular attention be paid to incentives, either productive or counterproductive, that could influence the performance of the WSS service. It also suggests identifying vested interests likely to be affected by reforms, with a focus on those engaged in fraud and corruption, as they could actively lobby against reforms which, if successfully implemented, would affect their revenues. The note focuses primarily on the provision of official piped WSS service, but it also recognizes that when a central service provides limited coverage or poor performance it can forfeit its monopoly status, whereupon alternatives to the piped WSS service often play an important role. The note also stresses the need for identifying weak links of the accountability framework as they could encourage fraud or corruption. The note finally summarizes best practice for setting WSS tariff levels and structures and for designing subsidies that reach those who need them. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388103/guiding-principles-successful-reforms-urban-water-supply-sanitation-sectors
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11724
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Water P-Notes; No. 31
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ABUSE
dc.subject ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
dc.subject ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER
dc.subject ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject ACCOUNTABILITY
dc.subject ASSET MANAGEMENT
dc.subject ASSETS
dc.subject BASIC SANITATION
dc.subject BEST PRACTICE
dc.subject BEST PRACTICES
dc.subject BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
dc.subject CAPITAL COSTS
dc.subject CAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subject CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
dc.subject COLLECTION PROCEDURES
dc.subject COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject COST RECOVERY
dc.subject CUSTOMER RELATIONS
dc.subject DEPRECIATION
dc.subject DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject EFFLUENT QUALITY
dc.subject ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject EXPANSION
dc.subject FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
dc.subject FRAUD
dc.subject INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS
dc.subject INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BENCHMARKING
dc.subject MONOPOLY
dc.subject PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT
dc.subject PRICING POLICIES
dc.subject PRIVATE OPERATOR
dc.subject PRIVATE OPERATORS
dc.subject PROCUREMENT
dc.subject PUBLIC FUNDS
dc.subject PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject REGULATION BY CONTRACT
dc.subject SANITATION UTILITIES
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SERVICE PROVISION
dc.subject SERVICE STANDARDS
dc.subject TARIFF SETTING
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN WATER
dc.subject URBAN WATER SUPPLY
dc.subject WASTE WATER
dc.subject WATER BEING
dc.subject WATER COLLECTION
dc.subject WATER PRODUCTION
dc.subject WATER RESOURCE
dc.subject WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subject WATER SECTOR
dc.subject WATER SUPPLIES
dc.subject WATER USERS
dc.title Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/04/10388103/guiding-principles-successful-reforms-urban-water-supply-sanitation-sectors
okr.globalpractice Transport and ICT
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000333038_20090327023237
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 10388103
okr.identifier.report 47930
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/03/27/000333038_20090327023237/Rendered/PDF/479300BRI0PNOT10Box338868B01PUBLIC1.pdf en
okr.topic Infrastructure Economics and Finance :: Private Participation in Infrastructure
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and Institutions
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic Infrastructure Economics and Finance :: Infrastructure Regulation
okr.topic Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures
okr.topic Public Sector Development
okr.unit Water Unit (ETWWA)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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