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Best practices in regulating State-owned and municipal water utilities

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Best practices in regulating State-owned and municipal water utilities

Autor institucional: NU. CEPAL-Francia. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Physical Description: 65 páginas. Editorial: ECLAC Date: April 2013 ECLAC symbol: LC/W.542

Description

The fundamental lesson that emerges from this survey of regulating state-owned and municipal water utilities in developing countries is that sector regulation has to be embedded in an adequate and consistent institutional framework in order to have a positive impact on performance. Sector regulation, by itself, is no guarantee of performance improvements in the drinking water supply and sanitation sector. Case studies and empirical analyses suggest that without significant changes in the supporting institutions, the standard tools of regulation will not be effective. This conclusion is disturbing, especially for developing countries, since it means that the establishment of a regulatory agency might raise hopes, but ultimately, the agency's rules are unlikely to improve performance without additional, politically difficult initiatives.

Table of contents

Introduction .-- Regulatory governance and substance .-- SOE utility governance and substance .-- Best practice: benchmarking and conflict resolution .-- Key lessons and conclusions.