Getting the Assumptions Right : Private Sector Participation Transaction Design and the Poor in Southwest Sri Lanka

van den Berg, Caroline; Pattanayak, Subhrendu; Yang, Jui-Chen; Gunatilake, Herath

Getting the Assumptions Right : Private Sector Participation Transaction Design and the Poor in Southwest Sri Lanka

The need for reform in urban water and sanitation service delivery is urgent. Countries are making moves to achieve reforms, bringing in changes to the way they manage utilities, charge for water, and regulate the sector. This paper investigates how a set of basic assumptions on service coverage, service levels, tariffs, and subsidies in the proposed transactions in southwest Sri Lanka held up against consumer preferences. This paper provides the background information and describes the main features of the survey data. The paper then discusses a set of features that were used in the initial transaction design. This is followed by information on the impact of the different household preferences on these transaction features, and what this means in term of redesigning these features to ensure that the transaction would be more pro-poor. Conclusions and policy recommendations follow in the final section of this report.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	van den Berg, Caroline, Pattanayak, Subhrendu, Yang, Jui-Chen, Gunatilake, Herath
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2006-10
Subjects:	ACCESS TO WATER, ALTERNATIVE WATER, ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES, ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLY, AVERAGE WATER CONSUMPTION, BLOCK RATE, BLOCK RATES, BLOCK TARIFF, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CHEAP WATER, CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS, CONNECTION, CONNECTION CHARGE, CONNECTION CHARGES, CONNECTION COST, CONNECTION COSTS, CONNECTION FEE, CONNECTION FEES, CONNECTION SUBSIDY, CONSUMER PREFERENCES, CONSUMPTION CHARGE, CONSUMPTION CHARGES, CUBIC METER, CUBIC METER OF WATER, CUBIC METERS, CUBIC METERS OF WATER, CUBIC METERS PER MONTH, DECISION MAKERS, DELIVERY OF WATER, DELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLY, DELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, DEMAND FOR WATER, DEMAND FOR WATER SUPPLY, DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS, DOMESTIC CONSUMERS, DOMESTIC USERS, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER QUALITY, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, GOOD QUALITY WATER, HIGH LEVELS, HIGH VALUES, HOURS OF WATER, HOUSE CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD BUDGET, HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD WATER, HOUSEHOLD WATER CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLDS, HYGIENE, INCIDENCE OF WATER, INVESTMENT COSTS, INVESTMENT PROGRAM, INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS, LOCAL SERVICES, LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, MONITORING PROGRAM, MONTHLY BILL, MONTHLY WATER, MONTHLY WATER BILL, NATIONAL WATER, OPERATOR TARIFF, OVERHEAD TANK, PIPED WATER, PRICE ELASTICITIES, PRICE ELASTICITY, PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND, PRIVATE OPERATOR, PRIVATE OPERATORS, PRIVATE WELLS, PROVISION OF SERVICE, PROVISION OF WATER, PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY, PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS, PUBLIC TAP, PUBLIC TAPS, PUBLIC WELLS, QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER, QUALITY STANDARDS, QUALITY WATER, QUALITY WATER SUPPLY, RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS, RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, SAFE WATER, SAFE WATER SUPPLY, SANITATION, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY, SANITATION SERVICES, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE IMPROVEMENT, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVISION, SERVICE STANDARDS, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE SERVICES, TARIFF LEVELS, TARIFF REVENUE, TARIFF STRUCTURE, TOWN, TOWNS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, URBAN WATER, USERS, UTILITIES, UTILITY REVENUES, VOLUME OF WATER, WATER, WATER COMPANIES, WATER CONNECTION, WATER CONSUMPTION, WATER CONTAMINATION, WATER COVERAGE, WATER METER, WATER METERS, WATER NETWORKS, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER PRICES, WATER QUALITY, WATER QUALITY STANDARDS, WATER SECTOR, WATER SECTOR REFORM, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICES, WATER SOURCES, WATER SUPPLY SERVICE, WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TARIFFS, WATER UTILITY, WELLS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/10/7403103/getting-assumptions-right-private-sector-participation-transaction-design-poor-southwest-sri-lanka http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17237
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