World Bank2013-03-152013-03-152011-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12753This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADEQUATE SANITATIONBOOSTER PUMPSBROAD RANGEBULK WATERBULK WATER SUPPLYCAPACITY BUILDINGCASH FLOWCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCENTRAL GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONCENTRAL GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIESCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATIONCONSTRUCTIONCOST RECOVERYCOVERINGDELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLYDISTRIBUTION OF WATERDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDRINKING WATEREFFECTIVE DEMANDEFFLUENTGLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIPGOOD GOVERNANCEGOOD WATER GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTSGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGOVERNMENT FINANCINGHIGH LEVELSHOUSE CONNECTIONSHOUSEHOLDSINDUSTRIAL WATERINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT FINANCINGINVESTMENT PLANNINGINVESTMENT PROJECTIRRIGATIONLEAKAGELITERS PER CAPITA PER DAYLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL COUNCILSLOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDSMAINTENANCE COSTSMAINTENANCE OF WATERMANAGEMENT OF WATERMETERINGMUNICIPAL BOUNDARIESMUNICIPAL COUNCILSMUNICIPAL SERVICESMUNICIPAL WATERMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL WATER SUPPLYOPERATIONAL COSTSOPERATIONAL PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCE AGREEMENTPERFORMANCE AGREEMENTSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPIPEPIPED WATERPIPELINESPRESSUREPREVENTIVE MAINTENANCEPRIVATE OPERATORPRIVATE OPERATORSPRIVATE WELLSPROGRAMSPROVISION OF WATERPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLYPUBLIC COMPANIESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC UTILITIESPUBLIC WATERPUBLIC WATER SUPPLYPUBLIC WORKSPUMPSQUALITY OF SERVICEQUALITY OF SERVICE DELIVERYQUALITY STANDARDSREGIONAL COUNCILSREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTREGIONAL UTILITIESREGIONAL WASTEWATERREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSAFE WATERSANITATION SECTORSERVICE AREASERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE QUALITYSERVICE STANDARDSSEWERAGE SECTORSEWERAGE SERVICESSEWERAGE SYSTEMSMALL TOWNSTARIFF DECISIONSTARIFF POLICYTARIFF SETTINGTECHNICAL STANDARDSTRANSPARENCYTREATMENT PLANTSURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN MUNICIPALITIESURBAN UTILITIESURBAN WATERUTILITY MANAGEMENTUTILITY MANAGERSUTILITY OPERATINGUTILITY SIZEUTILITY STAFFWASTEWATER COLLECTIONWASTEWATER DISCHARGEWASTEWATER DISCHARGE CONTROLWASTEWATER SECTORWASTEWATER SERVICESWASTEWATER SYSTEMSWASTEWATER TREATMENTWASTEWATER UTILITIESWASTEWATER UTILITYWATER COMPANIESWATER COMPANYWATER CONNECTIONSWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER COVERAGEWATER DEMANDWATER DEMAND MANAGEMENTWATER GOVERNANCEWATER PRESSUREWATER PROVIDERSWATER QUALITYWATER QUALITY TESTINGWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENTWATER RESOURCESWATER SAMPLESWATER SECTORWATER SECTOR INVESTMENTSWATER SERVICEWATER SUPPLIESWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY COMPANIESWATER SUPPLY CONNECTIONSWATER SUPPLY SERVICESWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER SUPPLY UTILITYWATER SYSTEMSWATER TANKSWATER TRANSMISSIONWATER USERSWATER UTILITIESWATER UTILITYWELLSWorld Bank10.1596/12753