Approaches to Private Participation in Water Services : A Toolkit

• ISBN13: 9780821361115
• ISBN10: 0821361112
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-15
• Publisher: World Bank

Summary

This toolkit provides options for the design of policies to facilitate the delivery of good quality water and sanitation services to the poor. It highlights the need for tariffs, investment, stakeholder consultation, and regulatory policies to address the affordability and sustainability of those services. Targeted to an audience that includes government advisors as well as consultants, lawyers, and donors, the toolkit builds on previous global experience in private participation in water and sanitation supply.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Preface	xiii
Overview	xvii
Considering private participation	1	(14)
Underlying policy problems in water services	2	(1)
Some possible effects of private participation	3	(2)
The challenge of getting private participation to work	5	(2)
Models of private participation	7	(4)
Approach of the Toolkit	11	(4)
Planning the process of introducing private participation	15	(18)
Four stages	16	(5)
Stakeholder consultation and analysis	21	(1)
Setting up government institutions to manage the process	21	(4)
Analytic and advisory work required	25	(8)
Involving stakeholders in the design of the arrangement	33	(18)
Identifying stakeholders	34	(4)
Developing a strategy for engaging stakeholders	38	(2)
Interacting with different groups of stakeholders	40	(6)
Identifying winners and losers under different options	46	(5)
Setting upstream policy	51	(22)
Allocating responsibilities among different levels of government	52	(4)
Determining the appropriate market structure	56	(13)
Establishing rules for competition	69	(4)
Setting service standards, tariffs, subsidies, and financial arrangements	73	(24)
Setting a service goal	75	(2)
Estimating the cost of service	77	(2)
Determining the mix of tariffs and subsidies	79	(9)
Implications for design of the arrangement	88	(1)
Accessing and structuring finance for investment	89	(8)
Allocating responsibilities and risks	97	(28)
Analyzing responsibilities and risks	98	(4)
Determining the best allocation of responsibilities and risks	102	(6)
Designing risk allocation rules	108	(12)
Allocating risks and responsibilities under different models of private participation	120	(5)
Developing institutions to manage the relationship	125	(24)
Tasks and institutions	126	(5)
Monitoring and enforcing performance	131	(1)
Resolving disputes	132	(5)
Adjusting tariffs	137	(6)
Involving customers	143	(2)
Maintaining good working relations	145	(1)
Links between institutions to manage the relationship and models of private participation	145	(4)
Designing legal instruments for the arrangement	149	(18)
Choosing legal instruments	150	(4)
Working with administrative, concession, and regulatory codes	154	(5)
Ensuring that people comply with their obligations	159	(8)
Selecting an operator	167	(32)
Choosing a selection method	167	(4)
Setting the selection criteria for competitive bidding	171	(8)
Managing the bidding	179	(15)
Dealing with other issues	194	(5)
Appendix A: Examples	199	(64)
Amman (Jordan)	200	(4)
Cartagena (Colombia)	204	(4)
Chaumont (France)	208	(5)
Cochabamba (Bolivia)	213	(3)
Cote d'Ivoire	216	(3)
Gabon	219	(4)
Gdansk (Poland)	223	(3)
La Paz and El Alto (Bolivia)	226	(4)
London and Thames Valley (United Kingdom)	230	(4)
Metro Manila (Philippines)	234	(5)
San Pedro Sula (Honduras)	239	(3)
Santiago (Chile)	242	(4)
Senegal	246	(4)
Sofia (Bulgaria)	250	(4)
Tangiers (Morocco)	254	(3)
Trinidad and Tobago	257	(6)
Appendix B: The policy simulation model	263	(8)
Glossary	271	(6)
References	277	(25)
Index	302