Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay

Output-Based Aid in Water : Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay

Paraguay's aguateros-small private water companies- form an important part of the water sector, serving about 9 percent of the total population (or about 17 percent of those with piped water supply). But until recently they operated only in ur...

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Main Authors: Drees-Gross, Franz, Schwartz, Jordan, Sotomayor, Maria Angelica, Bakalian, Alexander
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
COMPETITIVE BIDDING
CONCESSION CONTRACT
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGE
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION FEE
CONNECTION SUBSIDY
CONSTRUCTION
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
GROUNDWATER
GROUNDWATER CONDITIONS
HOURS OF SERVICE
HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
HOUSEHOLDS
LOWER LEVEL OF SERVICE
MINIMUM SUBSIDY
MUNICIPALITIES
NATIONAL UTILITY
NATIONAL WATER
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
PERMITS
PIPED WATER
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PROVISION OF WATER
QUALITY STANDARDS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICE PROVISION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL WATER
RURAL WATER SUPPLY
SANITATION
SANITATION SERVICE
SANITATION SYSTEMS
SERVICE AREA
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS
SMALL TOWNS
SUPPLY WATER
SURFACE WATER
TOWN
TOWN WATER
URBAN AREAS
WATER NETWORKS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESOURCES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
WATER USERS
WATER USERS ASSOCIATION
WATER UTILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6421090/output-based-aid-water-lessons-implementation-pilot-paraguay
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11043
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Summary:Paraguay's aguateros-small private water companies- form an important part of the water sector, serving about 9 percent of the total population (or about 17 percent of those with piped water supply). But until recently they operated only in urban areas, where water resources are abundant, and they could choose customers, based on their ability to pay the full costs of providing service. A new Bank-funded initiative seeks to attract aguateros and construction firms active in the water sector to un-served rural areas and small towns, by providing an output-based aid subsidy, awarded through competitive bidding. The initiative is the first attempt anywhere to apply this approach to rural and small-town water sector investment. This Note reviews the early lessons.

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