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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 …
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This study uses a stochastic frontier parametrical approach to analyze the inefficiency of firms in the water industry …
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This paper compares water and sanitation services in municipalities that entered into a concession arrangement with a … explore five variables of interest: (i) water coverage; (ii) sewage collection; (iii) sewage treatment; (iv) average tariff …; and (v) water losses. Using an empirical strategy and making improvements over previous literature, after controlling for …
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A wide range of organisations operate at the interface between the demand for (e.g. water agencies or service providers … financing gap for water-related investments. These entities, referred to in this analysis as “intermediaries”, include those … one or more key functions across the investment value chain for 3 specific sub-sectors: utilities, small scale water and …
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The Asia Water Development Outlook – a flagship publication by the Asian Development Bank - monitors progress in water … that are needed to enhance – water security in the region. Working in close collaboration with the Asian Development Bank … and partners, the OECD endeavoured to characterise funding needs and financing flows for water security in the region. The …
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States Army Corps of Engineers, is charged with managing water storage throughout much of the United States for multiple …. This article examines the Corps’ history in managing this water storage and shows that the Corp is currently ill equipped …
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Water infrastructure investments are typically capital-intensive and long-lived, involving significant costs and … financial resources to deliver desired water services in the context of these complicating factors. Ideally, planning for water … analytical framework to sequence water-related investments along “Strategic Investment Pathways”. This approach considers a range …
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Debido a las crisis fiscales y productivas que asolaron a los países de América Latina y del Caribe durante la década de 1980, se buscó la participación de agentes privados en los sectores de agua potable y saneamiento. Hasta esa década, el sector estaba regulado y administrado por el...
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infrastructures and the challenges they pose to local infrastructure policy with special reference to the case of water cooperatives …
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This paper recounts how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic at executing its core public health mission of readiness and response. The paper then evaluates the current state of the agency’s workforce and organizational culture, noting a...
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