Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are often advocated as an effective mechanism for delivering water and sanitation … of private companies, NGOs and community organizations. The analysis concentrates on the water sector but its …

This study uses a stochastic frontier parametrical approach to analyze the inefficiency of firms in the water industry …

infrastructures and the challenges they pose to local infrastructure policy with special reference to the case of water cooperatives …

access to safe water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa remains high. This paper shows that a radical reorientation of …

is not an island. So, finally, there is the global water debate, with its human rights, economic, anti-privatisation …An understanding of the politics of the water sector during the first decade of South Africa's democracy requires an … engagement with a series of parallel debates. There is a technical debate about the nature of the water supply challenge. There …

of the network community. The following public values are described: citizen participation, social commitment …

The theoretical and empirical literature on water supply and sewerage liberalization is reviewed in this paper in order …, competition for the market and yardstick competition. A review of studies comparing privately and publicly managed water utilities …

several towns for the provision of drinking water and wastewater services, as well as some particular features and challenges …