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alcazar
 Institutions, politics and contracts: The attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru / Alcazar, Lorena
The main reason Lima failed to implement a concession was geographical: the scarcity of water sources meant high marginal costs, partly for pumping water from deep wells and building adequate storage for dry periods. High extraction costs were compounded by years of neglect; much of the system needed to be replaced. Attracting private investors mea [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 56p., Ref.
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alcazar
 The Buenos Aires water concession / Alcazar, Lorena
The signing of a concession contract for the Buenos Aires water and sanitation system in December 1992, attracted worldwide attention, and caused considerable controversy in Argentina. It was one of the world's largest concessions, but the case was also interesting for other reasons. The concession was implemented rapidly, in contrast with slow imp [...]
World Bank; 2000 - 62p., Ref.
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sheila
 Water-borne diseases in Peru / Webb, Sheila
The cholera epidemic in Peru brought to light the miserable state of local water and sanitation conditions. The author discusses the relationship between waterbone diseases and water and sewerage conditions in Peruvian peri-urban areas, or pueblos jovenes. These diseases are associated with poor living conditions [...]
World Bank; 1992 - 17p.
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book
 Water pumping for rural water supply / HOFKES, E.H.
ENDA; 1983 - 52p.
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WPS1322
 Reducing regulatory barriers to private-sector participation in Latin America's water and sanitation services / Richard, Barbara
The lack of an appropriate regulatory environment is a principal factor behind inadequate water and sanitation services in many parts of Latin America. Many governments recognize the need to improve cost recovery and accountability in services - and increasingly see private sector participation as a tool for improving efficiency and attracting comm [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 19p.
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loayza
 Managing fishery resources / Loayza, Eduardo, A. (Ed.)
The Symposium on Fishery Resources Management held in Lima, Peru, in June 1992 addressed several aspects of fishery management - theory and practice, the experience of different countries, and current world trends in fishery management. It also discussed strategies for managing transboundary stocks and aerial surveillance techniques for monitoring [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 111p.
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triche
 Private participation in the delivery of Guinea's water supply services / Triche, Thelma A.
The Republic of Guinea has recently taken steps to restructure dramatically the urban water supply sector and to rehabilitate operations and improve financial performance. This paper outlines the theoretical arguments that are relevant to the project design, describes the institutional arrangements that were adopted, examines the key provisions of [...]
World Bank; 1990 - 30 p.
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wps3011
 Renegotiation of concession contracts in Latin America / Guasch, J. Luis
The authors construct a regulation model in which renegotiation occurs due to the imperfect enforcement of concession contracts. This enables the authors to provide theoretical predictions for the impact on the probability of renegotiation of a concession, regulatory institutions, institutional features, economic shocks, and the characteristics of [...]
The World Bank; 2003 - 41p; Ref.
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alderman
 With the help of one's neighbors: externalities in the production of nutrition in Peru / Alderman, Harold
Both public, and private resources contribute to children's nutritional status. And investments by one household may improve health in other neighborhood households, by improving the sanitation environment, and increasing shared knowledge. The authors measure the externalities of investments in nutrition, by indicating the impact of women's educati [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 19p., Ref.
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book
 Water pollution in Latin America: an economic analysis / QUIROZ, J.A.
ICEG; 1996 - 17p.
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estachewps3595
 How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities during the 1990s? / Estache, Antonio
This note provides a snapshot as of 2004 of the share of countries with an independent regulatory agency and with at least some private sector financing of its sectoral investment needs for electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications. Among other things, they show that: For respectively, electricity, water and sanitation, and telecomm [...]
The World Bank; 2005 - 24p; bib.
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idelovitch
 Private sector participation in water supply and sanitation in Latin America / Idelovitch, Emanuel
The publication consists of two chapters. In the first, Options for Private Sector Participation - the main problems of the public sector are analyzed, the rationale for private sector participation (PSP) is explained, and the array of options for PSP is reviewed. In the second chapter - Case Study: The Buenos Aires water supply and sewerage servic [...]
World Bank; 1995 - 51p.
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wps1854
 Regulatory tradeoffs in designing concession contracts for infrastructure networks / Crampes, Claude
Network activities typically involve collecting a good or service (such as electric utilities, phone services, and rail transportation) from many producers or distributing them to many users. Producers and users are often widely scattered, geographically. Close financial integration of networks is justified on the basis of economies of scope and sc [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 21p., Ref.
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book
 Water supply and sanitation in developing countries /
NEDA; 1998 - 53p., Ref.
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gine
 Microfinance Games / Gine, Xavier
Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed are vulnerable to free-riding and collusion, although they can also reduce moral hazard and improve s [...]
The World Bank; 2006 - 46p; Ref.;
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book
 International drinking water supply and sanitation decade /
INSTRAW; - 306p. , Bibliogr.
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book
 UN-Water global Annual assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water /
who; 2009 - 58p; Ref
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wps1957
 Bidding for concessions / Klein, Michael
Privatization of infrastructure ventures in sectors such as energy, telecommunication, transport, and water has become popular over the last decade. Often- for good or bad reasons - private firms are given monopoly franchises under some type of long-term concession agreement, for example "Build-Operate-Transfer" schemes. The article surveys the iss [...]
World Bank; 1998 - 24p., Bibliogr.
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wtp18
 Urban sanitation planning manual based on Jakarta case study / Zajac, Vincent
The provision of affordable water supply and sanitation services to all population groups--rich and poor--in urban areas requires the use of a variety of technologies, supported by information and education activities. Experience has shown that beneficiaries, in particular those living in areas with few or none of the customary municipal services, [...]
World Bank; 1984 - 158p., Bibliogr.
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250710P
 Ground water quality protection a guide for water utilities municipal authorities and environment agencies / Foster, Stephen
This publication provides guidance to water-sector decision makers and planners on how to deal with the quality dimension of groundwater resources management in the World Bank's client countries. There is growing evidence of increasing pollution threats to groundwater and some well-documented cases of irreversible damage to important aquifers. This [...]
The World Bank; 2002 - 103p; Ref.
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