Armenia Water Sector Tariff Study
The Republic of Armenia’s water and sanitation services (WSS) sector has seen impressive improvements over the last decade. The Government of Armenia (GoA) has restructured, reformed, and invested in the sector in ways that have improved access, co...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/24441538/armenia-water-sector-tariff-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22817 |
| Summary: | The Republic of Armenia’s water and
sanitation services (WSS) sector has seen impressive
improvements over the last decade. The Government of Armenia
(GoA) has restructured, reformed, and invested in the sector
in ways that have improved access, continuity, and quality
of WSS. The purpose of the report is to help the GoA:
analyze the current levels and structures of water and
wastewater tariffs compared to the costs of service;
forecast costs under alternative scenarios, and forecast
revenues under alternative tariff levels and structures; and
recommend how Armenia can move from current tariffs to the
tariffs required for full cost-recovery in the sector. This
includes recommendations on: a transition plan for phasing
in gradually higher tariffs; ways to improve the protection
of the customers most vulnerable to tariff increases. The
World Bank commissioned this study to inform the GoA’s work
in developing tariff policy and regulation in the WSS
sector. The report is structured as follows: section one
gives introduction. Section two analyzes the current
affordability of WSS in Armenia and describes results from a
nationwide willingness-to-pay (WtP) survey. Section three
analyzes the cost of WSS in Armenia. It estimates revenue
requirements for the service providers, and it develops
optional structures for cost-recovery level water and
sanitation tariffs. Section four presents alternatives for
transitioning to cost-recovery level tariffs over time,
while protecting the poorest customers. |
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