Changes between state and market production of public services can be analysed as ‘pendulum’ swings, reflecting political struggles. The extensive re-municipalisations in the water sector and France and the energy sector in Germany provide evidence on this question. This is not the result of...

Because of the complexities associated with the water pricing and public-private partnership issue and their relevance to water management of the future, the Third World Water Centre for Water Management, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Agencia Nacional de Aguas of Brazil sponsored...

This paper addresses the potential of public water operations in achieving developmental goals such as the Millennium Development Goals, and argues that the public sector has a comparative advantage in developing water services. The global importance of the public sector in urban water supply is...

Preliminary findings of the economic impact of avian influenza on poultry farmers in South East Asia is reported. Total economic losses in Indonesia are estimated at more than US$387 million; in Vietnam direct economic losses are estimated at more than US$200 million. Probit and economic surplus...