Bolivia is one of a growing number of
developing countries turning to the private sector to
improve urban water and sanitation services. The
country's first major contract in the sector, a
twenty-five-year concession for the neighboring cities of La
Paz and El Alto, was implemented in August 1997. A primary
objective in moving to a private concession was to expand
services to low-income households while holding down costs
by increasing efficiency. It is not a foregone conclusion
that the new concessionaire will do a better job of
expanding service; much will depend on how well the contract
and sector regulation have been designed. Because the La
Paz-El Alto concession was explicitly designed to expand
service to the poor, this concession is a good case study
for evaluating how different provisions in the contract and
the sector regulation may help or hinder service expansion.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Komives, Kristin,
Brook Cowen, Penelope J. |
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| Format: | Viewpoint
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
1999-04
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| Subjects: | WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION,
CONCESSIONS,
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES,
CONTRACTS,
WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS,
SERVICE COVERAGE,
TARIFF STRUCTURES,
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS,
SERVICE QUALITY,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
WATER LAW,
WATER SECTOR ALTERNATIVE WATER,
BLOCK TARIFF,
BLOCK TARIFF STRUCTURE,
CONCESSION CONTRACT,
CONCESSION CONTRACTS,
CONNECTION,
CONNECTION FEE,
CONNECTION FEES,
CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES,
COST RECOVERY,
CUBIC METERS,
CUBIC METERS OF WATER,
LAND TENURE,
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS,
NUMBER OF WATER,
NUMBER OF WATER CONNECTIONS,
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION,
PROFIT MARGINS,
PUBLIC UTILITY,
REGULATORY REGIME,
SALE OF WATER,
SANITATION,
SANITATION OPTIONS,
SANITATION SERVICES,
SERVICE AREA,
SEWERAGE,
SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS,
SEWERAGE SERVICES,
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS,
STANDPIPES,
TARIFF REVISIONS,
TARIFF STRUCTURE,
URBAN WATER,
WATER CONNECTION,
WATER CONSUMPTION,
WATER COVERAGE,
WATER PRESSURE, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/04/440882/expanding-water-sanitation-services-low-income-households-case-la-paz-el-alto-concession
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11484
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