Public-private partnerships potentially harness market incentives to improve service delivery and leverage private capital for investment costs.
| Title | Public-private partnerships for rural water services |
| Publication Type | Briefing Note |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Kleemeier, E, Lockwood, H |
| Secondary Title | Briefing notes series - Building blocks for sustainability |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pagination | 8 p.; 2 tab.; 2 boxes |
| Publisher | IRC |
| Place Published | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Publication Language | English |
| Keywords | community management, piped distribution, private sector, public-private partnerships (PPPs), rural supply systems, Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale), water supply services |
| Abstract | Community management, the dominant model for rural domestic water service, works in many contexts but faces several critical challenges, particularly in regard to more complex water supplies. An alternative is to delegate operations and maintenance, or maintenance only, to the private sector through formal contracts and performance agreements. These public-private partnerships (PPPs) potentially harness market incentives to improve service delivery and leverage private capital for investment costs [authors abstract] |
| Notes | References on p. 8 |
| Custom 1 | 205.2 |
| Citation Key | 72576 |
