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Census of production in 1962: Mining, manufacturing, electricity, water supply and construction, with comparisons back to 1955.
Central statistical office; 1965 - 40p.
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Gaining Ground: Institutional Innovations in Land-use Management in Kenya; Revised ed. / Kiriro, Amos
The key role of institutional organization in environmental management, land use in particular, in Kenya is discussed in this book. An historical account of the development of environmental management in Kenya is given, paying attention to indigenous knowledge and local institutional arrangements. It is shown that modern institutions have failed to [...]
African Centre for Technology Studies Press; 1991 - 228 p.
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The Contribution of people's participation: Evidence from 121 rural water supply projects / Narayan, Deepa
The study is based on systematic quantitative and qualitative analysis of 121 rural water supply funded by many different water supply agencies in countries throughout the developing world. The analysis consistently shows that beneficiary participation was more significant than any other factor in achieving functional water systems and in building [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 108p.
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An assessment of european-aided watershed development projects in India from the perspective of poverty reduction and the poor / Ninan, K.N.
CDR; 1998 - 49p., Ref.
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Foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern European infrastructure / Carter, Laurence
World Bank; 1996 - 28p.
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Path to Development or Road to Nowhere: Poverty, Migration and Environment / Marquette, C. M.
This summary touches on the basic concepts relevant to a livelihood approach to poverty, migration and environment links. We also look at recent current empirical studies through a livelihood lens to consider briefly the positive and negative outcomes that migration as a livelihood activity may have on poverty and environment in rural sending areas [...]
CICRED; 2007 - 27p. ; Ref
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How "Natural" are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector ? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies / Nauges, Celine
Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic development, piped water and sewerage coverage, and characteristics of the utilities operating in the dif [...]
The World Bank; 2007 - 20p; Ref
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Economic aspects of drinking water supply and sanitation in Africa with partiuclar reference to rural areas / Economic Commission for Africa
ECA; 1989 - 63p.
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Satisfying urban thirst: water supply augmenttion and pricing policy in Hydreabad city, India / Saleth, R. Maria
This paper investigates the kind of policy changes and institutional conditions necessary to ensure the economic viability of market-based solution to inter-sectoral allocation problems in an urban context. This is done by (a) evaluating the economics of various supply augmentation options - both internal and external as well as structured and unst [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 39p., Ref.
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Has private participation in water and sewerage Improved coverage? Empirical Evidence from Latin America / Clarke, George R.G.
Introducing private sector participation (PSP) into the water and sewerage sectors in developing countries is difficult and controversial. Empirical studies on its effects are scant and generally inconclusive. Case studies tend to find improvements in the sector following privatization, but they suffer from selection bias and it is difficult to gen [...]
The World Bank; 2004 - 63p; Ref.
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Measuring Economic Benefits for water Investments and Policies / Young, Robert.A
This monograph reviews, assesses and describes the operational use of the concepts and methods for estimating economic benefits of investment and allocation decisions involving water. The main focus of the report is on valuation of changes in water supply although attention is also given to measuring benefits of increased reliability of water suppl [...]
World Bank; - 118p.
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Participation in Practice : The experience of the world Bank and other Stakeholders / Rietbergen-McCracken, Jennifer
Forty-five studies were commissioned to investigate participation-related issues and draw lessons from participatory projects financed by the World Bank. Questions posed included: What are the benefits and costs of supporting participation in Bank-supported operations? What factors enhance or limit their successful implementation? How can a governm [...]
World Bank; 1996 - 97p.
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Thirst for reform ? Private sector participation in providing Mexico city's water supply / Haggarty, Luke
The case in Mexico City offered an opportunity to observe the advantages, and disadvantages of gradualist reform. Unfortunately, the authors find that the long-term nature of an incremental approach does not match well with the generally shorter-term horizons of elected politicians. Difficult decisions in implementation are left to later years, whi [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 69p.
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The role of self-help housing in low-cost shelter programs for the third world / Bamberger, Michael
Despite inevitable problems, the experience of both upgrading and sites-and-services projects has generally been positive and has proved the feasibility of producing, on a large scale, housing which is affordable by and acceptable to the approximately 50 percent of the urban population who previously did not have access to any of the public housing [...]
World Bank; 1982 - pp.95-107, Ref.
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Alternative concepts of marginal cost for public utility pricing: Problems of application in the water supply sector / Saunders, Robert J.
This paper discusses the rationale and problems of implementing marginal cost pricing for water supply and sewerage facilities. Many of the issues are now fairly well known; however, there remains one critical area in which ambiguity remains. This stems largely from the different ways in which economists have tried to handle the problem of capital [...]
World Bank; 1977 - 56p., Annex.
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Design and Operation of Smallholder Irrigation in South Asia / Campbell, Donald
A large amount of research has been carried out and a considerable body of literature has been generated on the socio-economic features of smallholder irrigation, in particular, as well as the technical aspects of irrigation, in general. However, the problems of applying such technology to smallholder irrigation are less well covered. This paper pr [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 120p.
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Water Policy and Water Markets: selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's ninth annual irrigation and drainage seminar, Annapolis, Maryland, December 8-10, 1992 / Le Moigne, Guy
This volume presents selected papers and proceedings from the World Bank's Ninth annual Irrigation and Drainage Seminar held December 8 - 10 in Annapolis, Maryland. The volume has three Sections. Section I (Water Policy) has the text of a keystone address on water issues in the Middle East and North Africa plus portions of the executive summary of [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 115p.
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A transitory regime water supply in Conakry, Guinea / Menard, Claude
Both consumers and the government benefited from reform of the water system in Conakry, Guinea, whose deterioration since independence had become critical by the mid-1980s. Less than 40 percent of Conakry's population had access to piped water - low even by regional standards - and service was intermittent, at best, for the few who had connections.. [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 52p., Ref.
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The welfare effects of private sector participation in Guinea's urban water supply / Clarke, George
In 1989 the government of Guinea enacted far-reaching reform of its water sector, which had been dominated by a poorly run public agency. The government signed a lease contract for operations and maintenance with a private operator, making a separate public enterprise responsible for ownership of assets and investment. Although based on a successfu [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 40p.
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Designing direct subsidies for water and sanitation services Panama: Case study / Foster, Vivien
As an alternative to traditional subsidy schemes in utility sectors, direct subsidy programs have several advantages: they are transparent, they are explicit, and they minimize distortions of the behavior of both the utility, and the customers. At the same time, defining practical eligibility criteria for direct subsidy schemes is difficult, and id [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 29p.
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