Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?

Reaching Unserved Communities in Africa with Basic Services : Can Small-Scale Private Service Providers Save the Day?

With urban and especially periurban populations set to grow at unprecedented rates in Africa, and service coverage continuing to lag, governments and donors have begun to recognize that small-scale providers have an increasingly critical role to pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kariuki, Mukami, Schwartz, Jordan, Schur, Michael
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BASIC SERVICES
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
COLLUSION
ELECTRICITY SECTOR
ELECTRICITY SERVICES
ENERGY SUPPLY
HOUSEHOLDS
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTORS
INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INVESTMENT COSTS
LARGE TOWNS
LEGAL STATUS
LENDERS
LOCAL OPERATORS
LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
MIDDLE EAST
NATIONAL UTILITIES
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AFRICA
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE SERVICE PROVIDERS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
RENT SEEKERS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SANITATION
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SUPPLIERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRANSACTION COSTS
URBAN CENTERS
WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7090909/reaching-unserved-communities-africa-basic-services-can-small-scale-private-service-providers-save-day
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10731

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/7090909/reaching-unserved-communities-africa-basic-services-can-small-scale-private-service-providers-save-day
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10731

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