Status of Water Sector Regulation in the Middle East and North Africa
As the World Bank and partners aim to support governments in the Middle East and North Africa address the challenges that confront the water and sanitation sector, the development of an effective regulatory framework is seen as increasingly salient...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/415861498577162057/Status-of-water-sector-regulation-in-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27465 |
| Summary: | As the World Bank and partners aim to
support governments in the Middle East and North Africa
address the challenges that confront the water and
sanitation sector, the development of an effective
regulatory framework is seen as increasingly salient. In
order to have impact in this space, some basic information
is needed. The objective of this study is to collect
information through a regulatory lens and present it to
serve as part of the foundation for sector reviews and
operations. It is not the objective of this study to analyze
or critique the performance of water and sanitation services
or the effectiveness of regulation in each country or to
make recommendations. Thus the approach is positive rather
than normative. The report is part of a wider World Bank
initiative to provide government officials and other
stakeholders including civil society, service providers,
potential financiers, and development practitioners with the
resources to better understand current conditions and
consider approaches to policies, institutions and regulation
that can best incentivize the delivery of sustainable
services. The report discusses the different approaches in
implementing regulatory functions specific to economic
regulation and highlights aspects of the operating
environment particular to each country context including
sector institutional roles and responsibilities, tariff
formulation processes, private sector participation and
public-private partnerships, and the role of citizen
engagement in sector regulation. This desk study is a first
step intended to provide some basic information on selected
countries that will serve as a foundation for determining
where further support in the area of regulatory reform might
be best concentrated. The authors review the status of
regulatory institutions and practices in five MENA countries
which were chosen to include different historic and legal
frameworks and fragile/conflict states as well as those that
are attempting broader sector reform. |
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