Strategy and Performance of Water Supply and Sanitation Providers
eBook - PDF

Strategy and Performance of Water Supply and Sanitation Providers

UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

  1. 274 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Strategy and Performance of Water Supply and Sanitation Providers

UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis

About this book

The continuous growth in the demand for water supply and sanitation services has posed decision makers with the challenge to discover new, and to adapt existing, institutions. Since the last two decades, the most prominent institutional change for the water and sanitation sector is neo-liberalism. Neo-liberalism manifests itself in the water sector

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Abstract
  3. Preface
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. List of Graphs
  8. Section I: Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Introducing the Thesis This first Chapter provides an introduction to the thesis by presenting the topic and structure of the thesis.
  10. Chapter 2. Introducing the Water Supply and Sanitation sector This Chapter provides an introduction to the WSS sector by identifying the main characteristics of the WSS sector and the role institutions play in the sector.
  11. Chapter 3. Introducing Neo-liberalism This Chapter introduces neo-liberalism. An explorative case in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is investigated to surface relevant elements of the research topic.
  12. Section II: Research Design
  13. Chapter 4. Research Objective and Approach This Chapter outlines the research objective and approach of the thesis at hand. It introduces the construct of ‘strategy’ as an intermediate variable in the research design.
  14. Chapter 5. Analytical framework This Chapter completes the research design section by using the insights gained in the previous chapter to operationalize the research.
  15. Section III: Analysis
  16. Chapter 6. Institutional Dynamics This Chapter investigates the (neo-liberal) institutional dynamics in the WSS sector. A case study is conducted of the Western European WSS sector to identify the main elements. In this order the case study first assesses the driving forces towards adopting the neo-liberal agenda, followed by an identification of plausible futures of the Western European WSS sector.
  17. Chapter 7. Institutions and the strategic context of WSS providersThis Chapter aims to identify to which extent different institutions restrict WSS providers in shaping strategies of their choice. Hence, a comparison is made in a case study of the managerial discretion allowed in a neo-liberal institutional context and a public institutional context.
  18. Chapter 8. Institutions and the strategic plans of WSS providersThis Chapter is concerned with the second level of analysis of the neo-liberal implications on the WSS sector. It aims to identify whether neo-liberal reforms measures may have an effect on the strategic plans of WSS providers. In this pursuit, a case study is conducted in the Netherlands Antilles.
  19. Chapter 9. Institutions and strategic actions of WSS providers This Chapter entails the third level of analysis on strategies, e.g. the extent to which institutions affect the strategic actions of WSS providers. In this respect a survey was conducted assessing the strategic typologies of numerous WSS providers in several countries.
  20. Chapter 10. Performance, Institutions and Strategic Actions This Chapter addresses the analysis of performance with respect to the institutional context and the strategic actions. An analysis is carried out of to relate the performances of operators to different strategic archetypes.
  21. Section IV: Synthesis
  22. Chapter 11. Synthesis of the Thesis This Chapter draws conclusions from the previous 10 Chapters. It identifies numerous issues that may require further discussion. Finally, it sets out possible directions for future research.
  23. Back Cover