Thirsting for Efficiency
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Thirsting for Efficiency

The Economics and Politics of Urban Water System Reform

  1. 398 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Thirsting for Efficiency

The Economics and Politics of Urban Water System Reform

About this book

One billion people in the world lack safe drinking water and almost 2 billion lack adequate sanitation services. As a result millions suffer and die every year from water and sanitation related diseases. Poor management and inefficient investment are often responsible for this situation, and countless past attempts at reform have accomplished little. Recently some developing countries have tried to reverse years of mismanagement of their water and sewerage systems by auctioning contracts to private operators. Why do countries that have tolerated mismanagement for decades develop a thirst for efficiency? What are the results of their efforts to change? What determines success or failure? This book fills a gap in the literature by systematically answering these important questions. It does so by analyzing reforms in six developing country capitals -- Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago, Chile; Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire; and Conakry, Guinea - and the United States in the 19th century.It not only assesses economic factors, but also explores the roles of laws, politics and norms. It provides an economic theory of water that encompasses institutional, political and economic aspects of reform.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Thirsting for Efficiency:The Economics and Politics of Urban Water System Reform
  3. Copyright Page
  4. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1. Cities awash: a synthesis of the country cases
  10. Chapter 2. The economics of urban water systems
  11. Chapter 3. The Buenos Aires water concession
  12. Chapter 4. Institutions, politics, and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
  13. Chapter 5. Water sector service contracts in Mexico City, Mexico
  14. Chapter 6. Reforming urban water supply: the case of Chile
  15. Chapter 7. Reforming water supply in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: a mild reform in a turbulent environment
  16. Chapter 8. A transitory regime: water supply in Conakry, Guinea
  17. Chapter 9. Prospects for private water provision in developing countries: lessons from 19th-century America
  18. Statistical Appendix
  19. Author Index
  20. Subject Index