Résumé : Dans cet article, nous estimons une fonction de demande d’eau potable pour les communes ivoiriennes, en présence d’une tarification progressive par paliers. Sur la base des applications de Nordin (1976), Corral et al. (1998) et Martinez-Espiñeira (2003) et en l’absence de...

This paper is an attempt to analyze regulation in LDCs taking into account their specificities compared to developed countries. By using a regulation model with an imperfect contract enforcement mechanism, we show how the separation of powers improves the enforcement quality and social welfare...

This paper analyses the structure of water supply costs in Côte d?Ivoire municipalities using a panel of water utilities. Considering water utilities as multi-output monopolies providing jointly two goods (billed water and lost water), we estimate a multi-output translog cost fonction using...