Gender Impacts of GPOBA Pilot Projects, Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) June 2011 

 

Sample law developed by World Bank staff with support from international law firms

Sample wording for a privatisation law prepared by World Bank staff, with support from international law firms

The perception that privatization hurts the poor is growing and creating a backlash against the private provision of basic infrastructure services.
 

At the same time, governments are findings themselves fisically strapped, searching for ways to finance the large investments needed to expand services to the poor.
In Latin America, a laboratory for privatization, evidence exists which sheds light on the privatization experience.

 

These Guidelines are intended to assist Small Power Project (SPP) developers (also referred to as “Sellers1”) to understand: • The SPP legal framework and process; • EWURA’s licensing requirements and procedures; • How to obtain authorizations from other government institutions; and • Other technical, commercial and regulatory requirements necessary to bring an SPP into operation.

Visit Manila Water's website for more information. 

See also Manila Water Concession Agreement. 

For more information about this sector, please visit Public–Private Partnerships in Water and Sanitation.

Dumol, Mark. 2000. The Manila Water Concession: A key government official’s diary of the world’s largest water privatization. Washington, DC: World Bank. [#1686]