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Chavimochic Irrigation Project - Peru

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Contrato de Concesión Proyecto Irrigación Chavimochic
 The 25-year, co-financed, build, operate and transfer (BOT) Chavimochic irrigation concession involves improving irrigation in 78,310ha in the northeastern La Libertad region through the capture and distribution of the Santa river's water. The water resources will also be used to feed run-of-river power plants with installed capacity of 68.1MW and potable water treatment facilities able to produce around 4m3/s.

Pontal (Brazil) Irrigation Concession Agreement - Invitation to Bid (English)

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Public-Private Partnership in Irrigation Concession Agreement
Invitation to Bid PPP In Irrigation
This project seeks to establish a public-private partnership (PPP) for common use irrigation infrastructure in an area of 7,717 hectares for commercial agriculture in the Pontal region of Brazil, State of Pernanbuco. The government would cede the land and the existing infrastructure, already covering a significant part of the target area.

Characteristics of Well Performing Public Water Utilities - Water Supply & Sanitation Working Notes

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Characteristics of Well Performing Public Water Utilities - Notes
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Working Notes are lightly edited documents intended to elicit discussion on topical issues in the water supply and sanitation sector. They disseminate results of conceptual work by World Bank staff to peer professionals in the sector at an early stage, that is, "works in progress." Comments should be emailed to the authors.

United Kingdom Water Act 2003

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United Kingdom Water Act 2003
An Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1991 and the Water Industry Act 1991; to make provision with respect to compensation under section 61 of the Water Resources Act 1991; to provide for the establishment and  functions of the Water Services Regulation Authority and the Consumer Council for Water, and for the abolition of the office of Director General of Water Services; to make provision in connection with land drainage and flood defence; to amend the Reservoirs Act 1975; to make provision about contaminated land so far as it relates to the pollution of controlled waters; to confer on the Coal Authority functions in relation to the discharge of water from coal mines; to extend the functions of the Environment Agency in relation to the Rivers Esk, Sark and Tweed and their tributaries so far as they are in England; to repeal section 1 of the Metropolis Water Act 1852; and for connected purposes.  

Private Sector Participation in Urban Public Services: Comparison of Laws and Institutions in MENA Countries

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This paper is based on a presentation made at the Urban Environment Workshop on the Mayor’s responsibility for providing efficient services, organized by the World Bank Knowledge Networks Agency for MENA in cooperation with the city of Marseille (Alexandria, Egypt, 6 March 2006).

Lithuania - Law on concessions

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Law on concessions
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REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON CONCESSIONS
10 September 1996 No. I-1510 (As amended by 7 July 1999 No. VIII-1306) Vilnius

Objective the Law
This Law defines the concept of concession, objects of concessions and spheres of business activity for which concessions may be granted, the procedure for granting concessions, the rights and duties of government institutions of the Republic of Lithuania and those of enterprises of the Republic of Lithuania and foreign countries which operate on the basis of concession contracts.

Vietnam - Regulation on Organization and Operation of Electric Power Retail Service/Network

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Vietnam has had considerable success in expanding grid electrification through standardization of construction standards and standardized contracts between EVN and the retail service providers.  The number of connected rural households grew from 14% in 1993 to 94.5% in 2008.  A more detailed description of the Vietnamese electrification program can be found in the presentation  at the June 2009 Maputo workshop of Mr.

Australia: Spam Act 2003

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Spam Act 2003

Act No. 129 of 2003 as amended. This compilation was prepared on 15 April 2005 taking into account amendments up to Act No.45 of 2005. The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section. The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section. Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra.

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