Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay

Paraguay's aguateros-small private water companies- form an important part of the water sector, serving about 9 percent of the total population (or about 17 percent of those with piped water supply). But until recently they operated only in urban areas, where water resources are abundant, and they could choose customers, based on their ability to pay the full costs of providing service. A new Bank-funded initiative seeks to attract aguateros and construction firms active in the water sector to un-served rural areas and small towns, by providing an output-based aid subsidy, awarded through competitive bidding. The initiative is the first attempt anywhere to apply this approach to rural and small-town water sector investment. This Note reviews the early lessons.

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Main Authors: Drees-Gross, Franz, Schwartz, Jordan, Sotomayor, Maria Angelica, Bakalian, Alexander
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-05
Subjects:COMPETITIVE BIDDING, CONCESSION CONTRACT, CONNECTION, CONNECTION CHARGE, CONNECTION CHARGES, CONNECTION FEE, CONNECTION SUBSIDY, CONSTRUCTION, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS, HOURS OF SERVICE, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLDS, LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE, MINIMUM SUBSIDY, MUNICIPALITIES, NATIONAL UTILITY, NATIONAL WATER, NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS, PERMITS, PIPED WATER, PRIVATE OPERATOR, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES, PROVISION OF WATER, QUALITY STANDARDS, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL WATER, RURAL WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SYSTEMS, SERVICE AREA, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE QUALITY, SEWERAGE, SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS, SMALL TOWNS, SUPPLY WATER, SURFACE WATER, TOWN, TOWN WATER, URBAN AREAS, WATER NETWORKS, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS, WATER USERS, WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, WATER UTILITY,
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spelling dig-okr-10986110432024-08-08T17:17:25Z Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay Drees-Gross, Franz Schwartz, Jordan Sotomayor, Maria Angelica Bakalian, Alexander COMPETITIVE BIDDING CONCESSION CONTRACT CONNECTION CONNECTION CHARGE CONNECTION CHARGES CONNECTION FEE CONNECTION SUBSIDY CONSTRUCTION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS HOURS OF SERVICE HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS HOUSEHOLDS LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE MINIMUM SUBSIDY MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL UTILITY NATIONAL WATER NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS PERMITS PIPED WATER PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES PROVISION OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SANITATION SERVICE SANITATION SYSTEMS SERVICE AREA SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE QUALITY SEWERAGE SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWNS SUPPLY WATER SURFACE WATER TOWN TOWN WATER URBAN AREAS WATER NETWORKS WATER QUALITY WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICE WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER USERS WATER USERS ASSOCIATION WATER UTILITY Paraguay's aguateros-small private water companies- form an important part of the water sector, serving about 9 percent of the total population (or about 17 percent of those with piped water supply). But until recently they operated only in urban areas, where water resources are abundant, and they could choose customers, based on their ability to pay the full costs of providing service. A new Bank-funded initiative seeks to attract aguateros and construction firms active in the water sector to un-served rural areas and small towns, by providing an output-based aid subsidy, awarded through competitive bidding. The initiative is the first attempt anywhere to apply this approach to rural and small-town water sector investment. This Note reviews the early lessons. 2012-08-13T13:58:37Z 2012-08-13T13:58:37Z 2005-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6421090/output-based-aid-water-lessons-implementation-pilot-paraguay https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11043 English OBApproaches; Note No. 7 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION FEE
CONNECTION SUBSIDY
CONSTRUCTION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS
HOURS OF SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE
MINIMUM SUBSIDY
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
PERMITS
PIPED WATER
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PROVISION OF WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICE
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUPPLY WATER
SURFACE WATER
TOWN
TOWN WATER
URBAN AREAS
WATER NETWORKS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER USERS
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
WATER UTILITY
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION FEE
CONNECTION SUBSIDY
CONSTRUCTION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS
HOURS OF SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE
MINIMUM SUBSIDY
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
PERMITS
PIPED WATER
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PROVISION OF WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICE
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUPPLY WATER
SURFACE WATER
TOWN
TOWN WATER
URBAN AREAS
WATER NETWORKS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER USERS
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
WATER UTILITY
spellingShingle COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION FEE
CONNECTION SUBSIDY
CONSTRUCTION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS
HOURS OF SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE
MINIMUM SUBSIDY
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
PERMITS
PIPED WATER
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PROVISION OF WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICE
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUPPLY WATER
SURFACE WATER
TOWN
TOWN WATER
URBAN AREAS
WATER NETWORKS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER USERS
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
WATER UTILITY
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION FEE
CONNECTION SUBSIDY
CONSTRUCTION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS
HOURS OF SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE
MINIMUM SUBSIDY
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
PERMITS
PIPED WATER
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PROVISION OF WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICE
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUPPLY WATER
SURFACE WATER
TOWN
TOWN WATER
URBAN AREAS
WATER NETWORKS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER USERS
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
WATER UTILITY
Drees-Gross, Franz
Schwartz, Jordan
Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
Bakalian, Alexander
Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay
description Paraguay's aguateros-small private water companies- form an important part of the water sector, serving about 9 percent of the total population (or about 17 percent of those with piped water supply). But until recently they operated only in urban areas, where water resources are abundant, and they could choose customers, based on their ability to pay the full costs of providing service. A new Bank-funded initiative seeks to attract aguateros and construction firms active in the water sector to un-served rural areas and small towns, by providing an output-based aid subsidy, awarded through competitive bidding. The initiative is the first attempt anywhere to apply this approach to rural and small-town water sector investment. This Note reviews the early lessons.
topic_facet COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION FEE
CONNECTION SUBSIDY
CONSTRUCTION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS
HOURS OF SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE
MINIMUM SUBSIDY
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
PERMITS
PIPED WATER
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PROVISION OF WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICE
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUPPLY WATER
SURFACE WATER
TOWN
TOWN WATER
URBAN AREAS
WATER NETWORKS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER USERS
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
WATER UTILITY
author Drees-Gross, Franz
Schwartz, Jordan
Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
Bakalian, Alexander
author_facet Drees-Gross, Franz
Schwartz, Jordan
Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
Bakalian, Alexander
author_sort Drees-Gross, Franz
title Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay
title_short Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay
title_full Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay
title_fullStr Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay
title_full_unstemmed Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay
title_sort output-based aid in water : lessons in implementation from a pilot in paraguay
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2005-05
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6421090/output-based-aid-water-lessons-implementation-pilot-paraguay
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