This document was presented at the 1st Hemispheric Meeting of the Science and Technology and Innovation Network held at the Inter-American Development Bank on April 16th-17th, 2007. This account of the Bank's activities between 1990 and 2005 illustrates the contribution of the IDB Group to the...

Latin America loses about nine trillion cubic meters of water each year, or some 30 percent of the water collected and treated for public consumption. While it is impossible for water systems to deliver 100 percent of their water to the household tap, Latin America could cut those losses by more...

This working paper addresses the issues: 1) whether there is a simultaneous equations problem when estimating demand for water with multipart rate schedules and, if there is one, what techniques should be used to correct for it; and 2) whether average or marginal price is the relevant measure in...

This working paper addresses the issues: 1) whether there is a simultaneous equations problem when estimating demand for water with multipart rate schedules and, if there is one, what techniques should be used to correct for it; and 2) whether average or marginal price is the relevant measure in...

Latin America loses about nine trillion cubic meters of water each year, or some 30 percent of the water collected and treated for public consumption. While it is impossible for water systems to deliver 100 percent of their water to the household tap, Latin America could cut those losses by more...

In response to the mandates of the Eight General Increase in the Resources of the Bank, this paper (GN-1908-4) contains the strategy for its involvement in integrated water resources management in Latin America and the Caribbean. The new elements brought in by the strategy focus on how the Bank:...

En el presente documento (GN-1908-4) figura la estrategia del Banco para su participación en el manejo integrado de los recursos hídricos en América Latina y el Caribe en atención a los mandatos del Octavo Aumento General de los Recursos del Banco. Los nuevos elementos incorporados por la...

This paper explores the impact that a water supply and sewerage (W&S) expansion had on child mortality in Quito, Ecuador. Studies have typically estimated the effects of this type of interventions comparing outcome indicators -at the aggregate level- of areas with the facilities and areas that...