Public-Private Partnerships to Reform Urban Water Utilities in Western and Central Africa

Public-Private Partnerships to Reform Urban Water Utilities in Western and Central Africa

Western and Central Africa have lengthy experience with public-private partnerships (PPPs), both for water supply and for combined power and water supply utilities. Cote d'Ivoire's successful PPP dates from 1959, and, over the last two decades, as many as 15 out of 23 countries in the region have experimented with PPPs. Eleven PPPs are studied here, and detailed performance indicators are reported for six large cases-Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Gabon. These PPPs all have had at least four years of private operation. Through its successes and failures, the Western and Central African experience offers interesting lessons for other developing countries on how to improve the quality of urban water supply services, increase the efficiency of operations, and establish the financial credibility of the sector.

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Main Authors: Fall, Matar, Marin, Philippe, Locussol, Alain, Verspyck, Richard
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2009-05
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL WATER, BASIN MANAGEMENT, BASINS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, CONJUNCTIVE USE, COST SHARING, CROP PRODUCTION, DAMS, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DRAINAGE, ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FARMS, FOOD POLICY RESEARCH, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER IRRIGATION, IMPORTS, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL USES, INTERNATIONAL WATER, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT, IRRIGATION WATER, LAND CONSERVATION, LAND RESOURCES, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION, PRODUCTIVITY, RECYCLED WATER, RESOURCE USE, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT, SMALL DAMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TUBE WELLS, WATER AVAILABILITY, WATER FLOWS, WATER HARVESTING, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER PRICING, WATER RESOURCE, WATER RESOURCES, WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, WATER RIGHTS, WATER SCARCITY, WATER SECTOR, WATER SERVICE, WATER SERVICE DELIVERY, WATER SUPPLIES, WATER USER, WATER USERS, WATER WITHDRAWALS, WATERSHED, WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, WETLANDS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/05/10626482/public-private-partnerships-reform-urban-water-utilities-western-central-africa
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11723
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Summary:Western and Central Africa have lengthy experience with public-private partnerships (PPPs), both for water supply and for combined power and water supply utilities. Cote d'Ivoire's successful PPP dates from 1959, and, over the last two decades, as many as 15 out of 23 countries in the region have experimented with PPPs. Eleven PPPs are studied here, and detailed performance indicators are reported for six large cases-Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Gabon. These PPPs all have had at least four years of private operation. Through its successes and failures, the Western and Central African experience offers interesting lessons for other developing countries on how to improve the quality of urban water supply services, increase the efficiency of operations, and establish the financial credibility of the sector.

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