Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity : A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics
This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and projec...
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ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY BASIC WATER PROVISION BENCHMARKING BOREHOLES BROAD RANGE BULK WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANNEL CHANNELS CISTERNS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY WELLS CONNECTION CHARGES CUSTOMER SERVICE DECISION MAKERS ELECTRICITY COMPANIES ELECTRICITY GENERATING ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ENERGY LOSSES FIXED FEE GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS HOUSEHOLDS HYDRO PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY LARGE TOWNS LARGER UTILITIES LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL STATUS LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS LOCAL PRIVATE SECTOR MANAGEMENT OF WATER METER READING METER READINGS METROPOLITAN AREAS MIDDLE EAST MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL PROVIDERS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES NATIONAL UTILITIES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NORTH AFRICA OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES PERMITS PIPED WATER POINT SOURCES POWER SYSTEMS POWER UTILITY PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY PUMPING QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS RAINWATER RAINWATER COLLECTION RAW WATER RECHARGE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY REFORMS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL VILLAGES SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICE AREA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE STANDARDS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL SCALE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWN SMALL TOWNS SOLAR PANELS SPRING SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE WATER TARIFF STRUCTURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN DWELLERS UTILITY NETWORK UTILITY NETWORKS UTILITY SERVICE WATER ABSTRACTION WATER COLLECTION WATER DEPARTMENT WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER POINT WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY STANDARDS WATER QUALITY TESTING WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER STORAGE TANKS WATER SUPPLIERS WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TANKERS WATER TREATMENT WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATION WELLS |
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ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY BASIC WATER PROVISION BENCHMARKING BOREHOLES BROAD RANGE BULK WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANNEL CHANNELS CISTERNS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY WELLS CONNECTION CHARGES CUSTOMER SERVICE DECISION MAKERS ELECTRICITY COMPANIES ELECTRICITY GENERATING ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ENERGY LOSSES FIXED FEE GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS HOUSEHOLDS HYDRO PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY LARGE TOWNS LARGER UTILITIES LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL STATUS LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS LOCAL PRIVATE SECTOR MANAGEMENT OF WATER METER READING METER READINGS METROPOLITAN AREAS MIDDLE EAST MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL PROVIDERS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES NATIONAL UTILITIES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NORTH AFRICA OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES PERMITS PIPED WATER POINT SOURCES POWER SYSTEMS POWER UTILITY PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY PUMPING QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS RAINWATER RAINWATER COLLECTION RAW WATER RECHARGE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY REFORMS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL VILLAGES SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICE AREA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE STANDARDS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL SCALE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWN SMALL TOWNS SOLAR PANELS SPRING SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE WATER TARIFF STRUCTURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN DWELLERS UTILITY NETWORK UTILITY NETWORKS UTILITY SERVICE WATER ABSTRACTION WATER COLLECTION WATER DEPARTMENT WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER POINT WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY STANDARDS WATER QUALITY TESTING WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER STORAGE TANKS WATER SUPPLIERS WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TANKERS WATER TREATMENT WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATION WELLS Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity : A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics |
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This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and project reports-which have been disaggregated and referenced in a publicly available database. SPSPs appear most prevalent in countries with low coverage levels, ineffective public utilities that provide inadequate or partial services, and remote, difficult-to-access regions. SPSPs are especially prevalent in post-conflict countries and others with weak or failed states. Of the countries for which evidence of SPSPs was available, at least half fall into this category. SPSP provision of networked services appears to be significantly higher for electricity than for water supply. Most SPSPs identified through the literature are single-purpose entities established for the express purpose of delivering water supply or electricity. SPSPs take a variety of organizational forms, both for-profit and non-profit. As such, they are established for a variety of reasons, including: to meet consumer demand, respond to crises, or as part of larger business ventures. The technology used may extend upstream from distribution services to the means for producing or generating water supply or electricity, so capital needs vary accordingly. The majority of SPSPs have fewer than 50 employees and usually fewer than 10. A lack of affordable financing is a constraint for most SPSPs, which fund investments mainly through their own earnings and savings, loans from friends and family, and money borrowed from formal and informal lenders. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan |
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Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan |
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Kariuki, Mukami |
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Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity :
A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics |
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Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity :
A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics |
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Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity :
A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics |
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Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity :
A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics |
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Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity :
A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics |
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small-scale private service providers of water supply and electricity :
a review of incidence, structure, pricing and operating characteristics |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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okr-10986-86572021-04-23T14:02:43Z Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity : A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics Kariuki, Mukami Schwartz, Jordan ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY BASIC WATER PROVISION BENCHMARKING BOREHOLES BROAD RANGE BULK WATER CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CHANNEL CHANNELS CISTERNS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY WELLS CONNECTION CHARGES CUSTOMER SERVICE DECISION MAKERS ELECTRICITY COMPANIES ELECTRICITY GENERATING ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS ENERGY LOSSES FIXED FEE GLOBAL WATER PARTNERSHIP GROUND WATER GROUNDWATER GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS HOUSEHOLDS HYDRO PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS INVESTMENT REQUIREMENTS INVESTMENTS IN WATER SUPPLY LARGE TOWNS LARGER UTILITIES LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL STATUS LOCAL PRIVATE OPERATORS LOCAL PRIVATE SECTOR MANAGEMENT OF WATER METER READING METER READINGS METROPOLITAN AREAS MIDDLE EAST MONITORING PROGRAM MUNICIPAL PROVIDERS MUNICIPAL UTILITIES NATIONAL UTILITIES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS NORTH AFRICA OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES PERMITS PIPED WATER POINT SOURCES POWER SYSTEMS POWER UTILITY PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC STANDPIPE PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY PUMPING QUALITY OF SERVICE QUALITY STANDARDS RAINWATER RAINWATER COLLECTION RAW WATER RECHARGE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS REGULATORY REFORMS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL VILLAGES SAFE WATER SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITATION SERVICE AREA SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SERVICE QUALITY SERVICE STANDARDS SMALL ENTERPRISES SMALL SCALE PROVIDERS SMALL TOWN SMALL TOWNS SOLAR PANELS SPRING SUPPLY OF WATER SURFACE WATER TARIFF STRUCTURE TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES URBAN COMMUNITIES URBAN DWELLERS UTILITY NETWORK UTILITY NETWORKS UTILITY SERVICE WATER ABSTRACTION WATER COLLECTION WATER DEPARTMENT WATER PARTNERSHIP WATER POINT WATER PROJECTS WATER PROVIDERS WATER QUALITY WATER QUALITY STANDARDS WATER QUALITY TESTING WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER STORAGE WATER STORAGE TANKS WATER SUPPLIERS WATER SUPPLIES WATER SUPPLY WATER SYSTEMS WATER TANKERS WATER TREATMENT WATER USER WATER USER ASSOCIATION WELLS This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and project reports-which have been disaggregated and referenced in a publicly available database. SPSPs appear most prevalent in countries with low coverage levels, ineffective public utilities that provide inadequate or partial services, and remote, difficult-to-access regions. SPSPs are especially prevalent in post-conflict countries and others with weak or failed states. Of the countries for which evidence of SPSPs was available, at least half fall into this category. SPSP provision of networked services appears to be significantly higher for electricity than for water supply. Most SPSPs identified through the literature are single-purpose entities established for the express purpose of delivering water supply or electricity. SPSPs take a variety of organizational forms, both for-profit and non-profit. As such, they are established for a variety of reasons, including: to meet consumer demand, respond to crises, or as part of larger business ventures. The technology used may extend upstream from distribution services to the means for producing or generating water supply or electricity, so capital needs vary accordingly. The majority of SPSPs have fewer than 50 employees and usually fewer than 10. A lack of affordable financing is a constraint for most SPSPs, which fund investments mainly through their own earnings and savings, loans from friends and family, and money borrowed from formal and informal lenders. 2012-06-21T16:44:53Z 2012-06-21T16:44:53Z 2005-10 Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity : A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing and Operating Characteristics http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8657 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3727 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |