| Title | Key topics in public water utility reform |
| Publication Type | Working Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | van Ginneken, M, Kingdom, B |
| Secondary Title | Water working notes |
| Volume | no. 17 |
| Pagination | viii, 53 p. : 28 boxes, 5 fig., 1 tab. |
| Date Published | 08/2008 |
| Publisher | World Bank |
| Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
| Publication Language | English |
| Keywords | administration, government organizations, institutional aspects, reform, sdiman, urban areas, water authorities |
| Abstract | Urban water supply services have traditionally been provided by state-owned water utilities. In the past decades, many governments have tried to turn state-owned water utilities into effective and viable organizations, with mixed success. Why have some public utilities become more efficient service providers, while others have not been able to break the vicious cycle of low performance and low cost recovery? This report presents a framework of attributes of well-functioning utilities and how they have introduced key institutional changes. It aims to help water and sanitation sector practitioners choose and apply public utility reform approaches. |
| Notes | Bibliography: p. 51-53 |
| Custom 1 | 202.2 |
| Citation Key | 61269 |
