Tapping the Markets

This book examines private sector provision of piped water services and on-site sanitation services in rural areas and small towns. For rural piped water, it assesses enterprises in Bangladesh, Benin, and Cambodia; for on-site sanitation, it assesses enterprises in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Peru, and Tanzania. In each country, the study examines the preferences and circumstances of poor households and the performance of enterprises that provide services directly to them. It examines commercial and investment climate factors that may affect enterprises’ actual or perceived costs and risks, driving their decisions about increasing investment in their business.