An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa
Under pressure from donor agencies and international financial institutions such as the World Bank, some developing countries have experimented with the privatization of water services. This article reviews the econometric evidence on the effects o...
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ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING BREWING CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CHILD MORTALITY CLEAN WATER COLLUSION COMPANY CONCESSION AGREEMENT CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONSTRUCTION CONTAMINATED WATER CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION COST RECOVERY COSTS OF CAPITAL CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS OF WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE DOMESTIC CONSUMERS EFFICIENCY SCORES ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES EXPANSION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIXED COSTS FRONTIER ANALYSIS FRONTIER ESTIMATION FRONTIER PRODUCTION FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION MODELS FRONTIER RESULTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD REGULATORY REGIME HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT OF REGULATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LEASING LONG-TERM CONCESSION MAINTENANCE COSTS NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS OPERATING COSTS OPERATIONAL COSTS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PIPED WATER POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WATER PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE UTILITIES PRIVATE WATER PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES PRIVATE WATER SERVICES PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIERS PRIVATE WATER UTILITIES PRIVATISATION PRIVATISATION PROCESS PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION PROCESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATING WATER CONCESSIONS REGULATION DUMMY REGULATION OF PRICES REGULATORS REGULATORY ANALYSIS REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY INDICATORS REGULATORY SYSTEMS REGULATORY VARIABLES ROADS SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION CONCESSION SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE WATER TARIFF REGULATION TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOTAL COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER SCHEMES TRANSLOG URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SYSTEM USE OF WATER VARIABLE RETURNS VENDORS VOLUME OF WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SECTOR WATER ASSOCIATION WATER BUSINESSES WATER CHARGES WATER COMPANIES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER ENTERPRISES WATER FACILITIES WATER INDUSTRY WATER LOSSES WATER METERING WATER PRIVATIZATION WATER PRODUCTION WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVISION WATER QUALITY WATER REGULATION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY |
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ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING BREWING CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CHILD MORTALITY CLEAN WATER COLLUSION COMPANY CONCESSION AGREEMENT CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONSTRUCTION CONTAMINATED WATER CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION COST RECOVERY COSTS OF CAPITAL CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS OF WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE DOMESTIC CONSUMERS EFFICIENCY SCORES ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES EXPANSION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIXED COSTS FRONTIER ANALYSIS FRONTIER ESTIMATION FRONTIER PRODUCTION FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION MODELS FRONTIER RESULTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD REGULATORY REGIME HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT OF REGULATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LEASING LONG-TERM CONCESSION MAINTENANCE COSTS NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS OPERATING COSTS OPERATIONAL COSTS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PIPED WATER POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WATER PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE UTILITIES PRIVATE WATER PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES PRIVATE WATER SERVICES PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIERS PRIVATE WATER UTILITIES PRIVATISATION PRIVATISATION PROCESS PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION PROCESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATING WATER CONCESSIONS REGULATION DUMMY REGULATION OF PRICES REGULATORS REGULATORY ANALYSIS REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY INDICATORS REGULATORY SYSTEMS REGULATORY VARIABLES ROADS SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION CONCESSION SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE WATER TARIFF REGULATION TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOTAL COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER SCHEMES TRANSLOG URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SYSTEM USE OF WATER VARIABLE RETURNS VENDORS VOLUME OF WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SECTOR WATER ASSOCIATION WATER BUSINESSES WATER CHARGES WATER COMPANIES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER ENTERPRISES WATER FACILITIES WATER INDUSTRY WATER LOSSES WATER METERING WATER PRIVATIZATION WATER PRODUCTION WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVISION WATER QUALITY WATER REGULATION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY Kirkpatrick, Colin Parker, David Zhang, Yin-Fang An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa |
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Africa Africa |
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Under pressure from donor agencies and
international financial institutions such as the World Bank,
some developing countries have experimented with the
privatization of water services. This article reviews the
econometric evidence on the effects of water privatization
in developing economies and presents new results using
statistical data envelopment analysis and stochastic cost
frontier techniques and data from Africa. The analysis fails
to show evidence of better performance by private utilities
than by state owned utilities. Among the reasons why water
privatization could prove problematic in lower-income
economies are the technology of water provision and the
nature of the product, transaction costs, and regulatory weaknesses. |
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Journal Article |
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Kirkpatrick, Colin Parker, David Zhang, Yin-Fang |
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Kirkpatrick, Colin Parker, David Zhang, Yin-Fang |
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Kirkpatrick, Colin |
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An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa |
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An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa |
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An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa |
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An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa |
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An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa |
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empirical analysis of state and private sector provision of water services in africa |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank |
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2014 |
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okr-10986-164652021-04-23T14:03:29Z An Empirical Analysis of State and Private Sector Provision of Water Services in Africa Kirkpatrick, Colin Parker, David Zhang, Yin-Fang ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ADEQUATE SANITATION AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING BREWING CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL COSTS CAPITAL EXPENDITURE CHILD MORTALITY CLEAN WATER COLLUSION COMPANY CONCESSION AGREEMENT CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONSTRUCTION CONTAMINATED WATER CONTRACT RENEGOTIATION COST RECOVERY COSTS OF CAPITAL CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS OF WATER CUSTOMER SERVICE DOMESTIC CONSUMERS EFFICIENCY SCORES ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES EXPANSION FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FIXED COSTS FRONTIER ANALYSIS FRONTIER ESTIMATION FRONTIER PRODUCTION FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION MODELS FRONTIER RESULTS GOOD GOVERNANCE GOOD REGULATORY REGIME HOUSEHOLDS IMPACT OF REGULATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LEASING LONG-TERM CONCESSION MAINTENANCE COSTS NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS OPERATING COSTS OPERATIONAL COSTS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PERFORMANCE INDICATORS PIPED WATER POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE ENTERPRISES PRIVATE FIRMS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN WATER PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATE UTILITIES PRIVATE WATER PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES PRIVATE WATER SERVICES PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIERS PRIVATE WATER UTILITIES PRIVATISATION PRIVATISATION PROCESS PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATION PROCESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS REGULATING WATER CONCESSIONS REGULATION DUMMY REGULATION OF PRICES REGULATORS REGULATORY ANALYSIS REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY INDICATORS REGULATORY SYSTEMS REGULATORY VARIABLES ROADS SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION CONCESSION SANITATION PROVIDERS SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE CONTRACTS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY STATE ENTERPRISES STATE WATER TARIFF REGULATION TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY TECHNICAL SUPPORT TOTAL COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER SCHEMES TRANSLOG URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER URBAN WATER SYSTEM USE OF WATER VARIABLE RETURNS VENDORS VOLUME OF WATER WASTEWATER WASTEWATER SECTOR WATER ASSOCIATION WATER BUSINESSES WATER CHARGES WATER COMPANIES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER ENTERPRISES WATER FACILITIES WATER INDUSTRY WATER LOSSES WATER METERING WATER PRIVATIZATION WATER PRODUCTION WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVISION WATER QUALITY WATER REGULATION WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY WATER SYSTEM WATER SYSTEMS WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY Under pressure from donor agencies and international financial institutions such as the World Bank, some developing countries have experimented with the privatization of water services. This article reviews the econometric evidence on the effects of water privatization in developing economies and presents new results using statistical data envelopment analysis and stochastic cost frontier techniques and data from Africa. The analysis fails to show evidence of better performance by private utilities than by state owned utilities. Among the reasons why water privatization could prove problematic in lower-income economies are the technology of water provision and the nature of the product, transaction costs, and regulatory weaknesses. 2014-01-02T22:49:28Z 2014-01-02T22:49:28Z 2006-01-19 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/17753327/empirical-analysis-state-private-sector-provision-water-services-africa World Bank Economic Review doi:10.1093/wber/lhj001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16465 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research :: Journal Article Africa Africa |