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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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628543/optimal-size-utilities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11235

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