and Guayaquil- both before and after the privatization of water services in Guayaquil. The type of data sources that are … used make it possible to specifically control for income and, thus, to evaluate changes in water provision, particularly … used to identify the causal effects of the privatization of water provision. In particular, differences in a) before …

the poor have benefited from privatization. The book presents a careful analysis of the various mechanisms through which … privatization has an impact on welfare, an analysis that by and large has been missing from the debate. Case studies of water sector … privatization in Argentina and Colombia, and also the telecom industry in Peru are included. …