Sector Organization, Governance, and the Inefficiency of African Water Utilities

The authors analyze the determinants of the efficiency levels reached by twenty one African water utilities. They assess efficiency through the estimation of a production frontier for the sector in Africa. The efficiency estimates confirm much of t...

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Main Authors:	Estache, Antonio, Kouassi, Eugene
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCEPTABLE QUALITY ACCESS TO SAFE WATER AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC REVIEW ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXTERNALITIES FARMS GOOD GOVERNANCE INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INPUT USE INSURANCE LARGE UTILITIES MICROECONOMICS MUNICIPAL WATER MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC UTILITIES QUALITY OF WATER REGULATORY SUPERVISION RETURNS TO SCALE RURAL WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICES SANITATION UTILITIES SAVINGS SCALE ECONOMIES SEWERAGE INDUSTRY URBAN AREAS URBAN WATER UTILITY MANAGER WATER ALLOCATION WATER COVERAGE WATER DISTRIBUTION WATER INDUSTRY WATER MANAGEMENT WATER PRODUCTION WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY WILLINGNESS TO PAY WATER UTILITIES EFFICIENCY PRODUCTION CAPACITY WATER CONSUMPTION PRODUCTIVITY ACCOUNTING TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY GOVERNANCE CAPACITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2026461/sector-organization-governance-inefficiency-african-water-utilities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19274

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Sector Organization, Governance, and the Inefficiency of African Water Utilities

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