Expanding Water and Sanitation Services to Low-Income Households : the Case of the La Paz-El Alto Concession

Bolivia is one of a growing number of developing countries turning to the private sector to improve urban water and sanitation services. The country's first major contract in the sector, a twenty-five-year concession for the neighboring cities of La Paz and El Alto, was implemented in August 19...

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Hauptverfasser:	Komives, Kristin, Brook Cowen, Penelope J
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLOCK TARIFF BLOCK TARIFF STRUCTURE CONCESSION CONTRACT CONCESSION CONTRACTS CONCESSIONS CONNECTION CONNECTION FEE CONNECTION FEES CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES CONTRACTS COST RECOVERY CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS OF WATER LAND TENURE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS NUMBER OF WATER NUMBER OF WATER CONNECTIONS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROFIT MARGINS PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATORY REGIME SALE OF WATER SANITATION SANITATION OPTIONS SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE AREA SERVICE COVERAGE SERVICE QUALITY SEWERAGE SEWERAGE CONNECTIONS SEWERAGE SERVICES SEWERAGE SYSTEMS STANDPIPES TARIFF REVISIONS TARIFF STRUCTURE TARIFF STRUCTURES TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS URBAN WATER WATER CONNECTION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER COVERAGE WATER LAW WATER PRESSURE WATER SECTOR ALTERNATIVE WATER WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION
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Zusammenfassung:	Bolivia is one of a growing number of developing countries turning to the private sector to improve urban water and sanitation services. The country's first major contract in the sector, a twenty-five-year concession for the neighboring cities of La Paz and El Alto, was implemented in August 1997. A primary objective in moving to a private concession was to expand services to low-income households while holding down costs by increasing efficiency. It is not a foregone conclusion that the new concessionaire will do a better job of expanding service; much will depend on how well the contract and sector regulation have been designed. Because the La Paz-El Alto concession was explicitly designed to expand service to the poor, this concession is a good case study for evaluating how different provisions in the contract and the sector regulation may help or hinder service expansion.