Approaches to Conducting Political Economy Analysis in the Urban Water Sector

Progress in urban water supply and sanitation has been slow over the past few decades. The sector suffers from issues of equity and efficiency. Today, more than 780 million people are still without access to improved sources of water, and 2.5 billion lack improved sanitation. Those average figures mask huge disparities between the rich and the poor, the poor consistently have less access to reliable services than the non-poor. Even those who do have networked service often suffer from irregular service and poorly maintained infrastructure. A search of more than 12,000 observations on the water utility benchmarking website, the International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities (IBNET), indicates that 37 percent of water utilities in the developing world do not even cover operations and maintenance costs from their internal revenue. Overall, political economy analysis provides a practical and useful operational tool that World Bank task team leaders and other urban water specialists can employ in their sector and project work.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Manghee, Seema, Poole, Alice
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-09
Subjects:	ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO WATER, ASSET HOLDING COMPANY, ASSET OWNERSHIP, BILL COLLECTION, BLOCK TARIFFS, BOARD MEMBERS, BRACKISH WATER, CASH FLOW, CASH FLOWS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMMUNITY WATER, CONNECTION, CONTAMINATED WATER, COST RECOVERY, CUBIC METERS, CUBIC METERS OF WATER, CUBIC METERS PER MONTH, DELIVERY OF WATER, DRINKING WATER, DRINKING WATER QUALITY, EFFICIENCY OF SERVICE, ENGINEERING, FLOOD PROTECTION, GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE, GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS, GROUND WATER, GROUNDWATER, HIGH LEVELS, HOUSE CONNECTIONS, HOUSEHOLDS, INADEQUATE WATER, IRRIGATION, LEAKAGE, LEAST COST, LOCAL WATER, MAINTENANCE COSTS, MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS, MANAGEMENT OF WATER, METERING, MONITORING PROGRAM, MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP, MUNICIPALITIES, OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURE, OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE, OPERATIONAL RISK, OPERATORS, POLLUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POPULATION WITHOUT ACCESS, POTABLE WATER, PRICE OF WATER, PRIVATE OPERATOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROVISION OF WATER, PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP, PUBLIC UTILITIES, PUBLIC UTILITY, PUBLIC WATER, PUBLIC WATER UTILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, QUALITY OF SERVICE, QUALITY OF WATER, QUALITY STANDARDS, RAINFALL, RAPID URBANIZATION, REGULATORY AGENCIES, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, REGULATORY REFORMS, RESPONSIBILITY FOR WATER, SAFE WATER, SANITATION, SANITATION PROGRAM, SANITATION SECTOR, SANITATION SERVICE, SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY, SANITATION SERVICES, SANITATION SYSTEM, SANITATION UTILITIES, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDER, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SERVICE PROVISION, SERVICE QUALITY, SERVICE STANDARDS, SEWERAGE, SEWERAGE BILLS, SEWERAGE SERVICE, SEWERAGE SERVICES, SLUMS, SMALL TOWNS, SOURCES OF WATER, SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS, STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT, TARIFF LEVELS, TARIFF REVISION, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, URBAN CENTERS, URBAN SLUMS, URBAN WATER, URBAN WATER ISSUES, URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT, URBAN WATER SECTOR, URBAN WATER SUPPLY, URBAN WATER SUPPLY COVERAGE, URBAN WATER ­ USE, USE OF WATER, UTILITY MANAGEMENT, UTILITY MANAGERS, UTILITY OPERATIONS, UTILITY SERVICES, UTILITY STAFF, WASTEWATER, WASTEWATER SECTOR, WATER ABSTRACTION, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER COMPANY, WATER CONNECTIONS, WATER DIRECTORATE, WATER GOVERNANCE, WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER PARTNERSHIP, WATER PRICING, WATER PROJECTS, WATER PROVIDERS, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WATER RESOURCES, WATER SCHEMES, WATER SECTOR, WATER SECTOR REFORM, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICES, WATER SOURCE, WATER SUBSIDIES, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER SUPPLY, WATER TANKERS, WATER TARIFFS, WATER USERS, WATER UTILITIES, WATER UTILITY, WATER VENDORS, WATER ­ USE,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/17181109/approaches-conducting-political-economy-analysis-urban-water-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17253
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