Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership

ISBN-13: 9780415371216 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 232 str.

Asit K. Biswas; Cecilia Tortajada

Opis

There is no question that water pricing and public-private partnership can improve water management practices in the future. However, it is not the panacea as the proponents argue, nor the disaster as its opponents forecast. "Water Pricing and Public Private" "Partnership" provides a comprehensive and objective assessment as to what works, where, why and under what conditions, as well as what does not work and why. It also assesses the social, economic, equity and institutional implications.
The book provides an in-depth analysis and assessment of the main issues and constraints on pricing of water and participation of the private sector and their affect on water supply in North and South America and Western Europe. With case studies from Argentina, Brazil, the USA and a few West European countries, among many others we gain a comprehensive and objective account of the economic and social consequences.

Spis treści

Introduction  Water Pricing: an Outsider’s Perspective  Water Pricing Reforms: Issues and Challenges of Implementation  Problems with Private Water Concessions: A Review of Experiences in Latin America and other Regions  The Functions, Impacts and Effectiveness of Water Pricing: Evidence from The United States and Canada  Key Issues and Experience in U.S. Water Services Privatization  Institutional Framework for Water Tariffs in the Buenos Aires Concession, Argentina  Concepts of the Chilean Sanitation Legislation: Efficient Charges and Targeted Subsidies  Considerations on Price Setting for Water Use Charge in Brazil  Water Charges: Paying for the Commons in Brazil  Water Reform Across the State/Society Divide: the Case of Ceará, Brazil  Participation of the Private Sector in Water and Sanitation Services: Assessment of Guanajuato, Mexico  Water Prices in Spain: Possible Application for Latin America

O autorze

Asit Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada