Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking

Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking

Using data from 270 water and sanitation providers, this Note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is...

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Main Authors: Tynan, Nicola, Kingdom, Bill
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BENCHMARKING
COMMUNITIES
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
COST SAVINGS
DATA SETS
DECENTRALIZATION
DISECONOMIES
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
INCOME
INEFFICIENCY
MUNICIPALITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
RETURNS TO SCALE
SANITATION
SCALE ECONOMIES
SCALE EFFECTS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
TOTAL COSTS
URBAN AREAS
UTILITIES
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628543/optimal-size-utilities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11235
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spelling okr-10986-112352021-04-23T14:02:54Z Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking Tynan, Nicola Kingdom, Bill BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY Using data from 270 water and sanitation providers, this Note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is driven in part by the assumption that this will make providers more responsive to customers' needs. But findings reported here suggest that smaller municipalities may face higher per-customer costs and could lower costs (and prices for consumers) by merging. 2012-08-13T14:31:15Z 2012-08-13T14:31:15Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628543/optimal-size-utilities Viewpoint. -- Note no. 283 (January 2005) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11235 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic BENCHMARKING
COMMUNITIES
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
COST SAVINGS
DATA SETS
DECENTRALIZATION
DISECONOMIES
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
INCOME
INEFFICIENCY
MUNICIPALITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
RETURNS TO SCALE
SANITATION
SCALE ECONOMIES
SCALE EFFECTS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
TOTAL COSTS
URBAN AREAS
UTILITIES
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle BENCHMARKING
COMMUNITIES
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
COST SAVINGS
DATA SETS
DECENTRALIZATION
DISECONOMIES
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
INCOME
INEFFICIENCY
MUNICIPALITIES
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICY
RETURNS TO SCALE
SANITATION
SCALE ECONOMIES
SCALE EFFECTS
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
TOTAL COSTS
URBAN AREAS
UTILITIES
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
Tynan, Nicola
Kingdom, Bill
Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
relation Viewpoint
description Using data from 270 water and sanitation providers, this Note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is driven in part by the assumption that this will make providers more responsive to customers' needs. But findings reported here suggest that smaller municipalities may face higher per-customer costs and could lower costs (and prices for consumers) by merging.
format Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author Tynan, Nicola
Kingdom, Bill
author_facet Tynan, Nicola
Kingdom, Bill
author_sort Tynan, Nicola
title Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_short Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_full Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_fullStr Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_full_unstemmed Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_sort optimal size for utilities? returns to scale in water: evidence from benchmarking
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628543/optimal-size-utilities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11235
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