A huge population size, a rapidly growing economy and increasing levels of urbanization, coupled with the dwindling sources of freshwater, have made management of urban water supply one of the most important priorities in the development agenda of India. Water supply in India is mainly a...

For the last couple of decades, developed as well as developing countries have relied on procurement models such as public-private partnerships (PPP) to finance, develop, manage and operate water infrastructure facilities. However, as in the case of other public infrastructure projects, not all...

Managing water and sanitation services involves a complex task due to the characteristics of the public goods which are involved. The large amount of capital requirements in their very specific forms creates the structure of natural monopolies which require either public operation or strong...