Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities

Colombia is one of the most active Latin American countries in incorporating private sector participation (PSP) in managing water utilities. One of the community's main concerns is that reforms that treat water and sanitation services as an ec...

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Main Author: Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2542811/colombia-expanding-services-low-income-areas-comparing-private-public-water-utilities
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spelling okr-10986-103872021-04-23T14:02:50Z Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities Sotomayor, Maria Angelica LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES WATER UTILITIES WATER & SANITATION WATER SECTOR REFORM POOR COMMUNITIES SEWERAGE SERVICES METHODOLOGY SUBSIDY WATER SUPPLY ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO SEWERAGE CITIES CLEAN WATER COMMUNITIES CONTINUITY OF SERVICE COST OF WATER HOUSEHOLDS INCREMENTAL WATER INVESTMENT COSTS LARGE CITY LOW-INCOME POPULATION MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUNICIPALITIES NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS NUMBER OF WATER PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATORS PRIVATE UTILITIES PRIVATE UTILITY PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY PUBLIC WATER QUALITY WATER SANITATION SANITATION SECTOR SANITATION SERVICES SEWAGE DISPOSAL SEWERAGE SEWERAGE COMPANIES SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS SEWERAGE SERVICE SEWERAGE SERVICES SLUMS TOWNS URBAN AREAS USERS WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY Colombia is one of the most active Latin American countries in incorporating private sector participation (PSP) in managing water utilities. One of the community's main concerns is that reforms that treat water and sanitation services as an economic asset rather than as a social good and that allow providers to apply commercial (profit-oriented) criteria, may tend to restrict access to the services for low-income users, because they are not perceived as attractive business clients by private entrepreneurs. The government is embarking on a water sector modernization program whose strategy is to promote PSP in water utilities. One of its objectives is to expand and improve the provision of services to the poor, so it was considered necessary to find out if the common perception of the population and the concern of the community that the private sector focuses on providing good services to the wealthy and neglects the poor, is anchored in reality and consistent with the performance of privatized utilities in Colombia. A study was carried out during project preparation to test this perception against actual experience. 2012-08-13T11:19:39Z 2012-08-13T11:19:39Z 2003-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2542811/colombia-expanding-services-low-income-areas-comparing-private-public-water-utilities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10387 English en breve; No. 24 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Colombia
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topic LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
WATER UTILITIES
WATER & SANITATION
WATER SECTOR REFORM
POOR COMMUNITIES
SEWERAGE SERVICES
METHODOLOGY
SUBSIDY
WATER SUPPLY ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESS TO SEWERAGE
CITIES
CLEAN WATER
COMMUNITIES
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE
COST OF WATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INCREMENTAL WATER
INVESTMENT COSTS
LARGE CITY
LOW-INCOME POPULATION
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
NUMBER OF WATER
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATORS
PRIVATE UTILITIES
PRIVATE UTILITY
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUBLIC WATER
QUALITY WATER
SANITATION
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE COMPANIES
SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS
SEWERAGE SERVICE
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SLUMS
TOWNS
URBAN AREAS
USERS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SUPPLY
WATER UTILITIES
WATER UTILITY
spellingShingle LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES
WATER UTILITIES
WATER & SANITATION
WATER SECTOR REFORM
POOR COMMUNITIES
SEWERAGE SERVICES
METHODOLOGY
SUBSIDY
WATER SUPPLY ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESS TO SEWERAGE
CITIES
CLEAN WATER
COMMUNITIES
CONTINUITY OF SERVICE
COST OF WATER
HOUSEHOLDS
INCREMENTAL WATER
INVESTMENT COSTS
LARGE CITY
LOW-INCOME POPULATION
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
MUNICIPALITIES
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
NUMBER OF WATER
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATORS
PRIVATE UTILITIES
PRIVATE UTILITY
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS
PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC UTILITY
PUBLIC WATER
QUALITY WATER
SANITATION
SANITATION SECTOR
SANITATION SERVICES
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE COMPANIES
SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS
SEWERAGE SERVICE
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SLUMS
TOWNS
URBAN AREAS
USERS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SUPPLY
WATER UTILITIES
WATER UTILITY
Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia
relation en breve; No. 24
description Colombia is one of the most active Latin American countries in incorporating private sector participation (PSP) in managing water utilities. One of the community's main concerns is that reforms that treat water and sanitation services as an economic asset rather than as a social good and that allow providers to apply commercial (profit-oriented) criteria, may tend to restrict access to the services for low-income users, because they are not perceived as attractive business clients by private entrepreneurs. The government is embarking on a water sector modernization program whose strategy is to promote PSP in water utilities. One of its objectives is to expand and improve the provision of services to the poor, so it was considered necessary to find out if the common perception of the population and the concern of the community that the private sector focuses on providing good services to the wealthy and neglects the poor, is anchored in reality and consistent with the performance of privatized utilities in Colombia. A study was carried out during project preparation to test this perception against actual experience.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
author_facet Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
author_sort Sotomayor, Maria Angelica
title Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities
title_short Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities
title_full Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities
title_fullStr Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities
title_full_unstemmed Colombia - Expanding Services to Low-Income Areas Comparing Private and Public Water Utilities
title_sort colombia - expanding services to low-income areas comparing private and public water utilities
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2542811/colombia-expanding-services-low-income-areas-comparing-private-public-water-utilities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10387
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