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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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2026461/sector-organization-governance-inefficiency-african-water-utilities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19274 |
| Summary: | 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 the common perceptions
from partial productivity indicators. They point to a great
heterogeneity in the African water utilities'
performances, the predominance of constant returns to scale,
and the great rate of technological progress. And the
authors show that the institutional capacity of the country,
as well as its governance quality, are significant driving
factors in the performance of each firm. |
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