Egypt’s first public-private partnership will have a major impact on the quality of basic services in a satellite city on the outskirts of Cairo. With IFC’s help, the government has awarded a land-mark concession for a wastewater treatment facility that will improve sani- tation services in New Cairo, as well as accommodate projected population growth. The project was awarded in June 2009.
Convenio modificatorio al contrato de concesion de los servicios publicos de agua potable y saneamiento de la ciudad de Guayaquil, que celebran la empresa municipal de agua potable y alcantarillado de Guayaquil EP, EMAPAG EP y la empresa Internactional Water Services (Guayaquil) Interagua C. Ltda.
The 1990s saw a big drive to increase private sector participation in water services especially in Latin America. While there is currently less enthusiasm for the use of concessions and other public-private partnerships (PPPs), it is still instructive to inquire as
The concession of Bucharest’s water utility has brought its citizens higher-quality water services, at a lower cost, than they could have had under continued municipal provision. The credit for this goes to the leadership of the municipality and the municipal utility in the late 1990s, which saw that private finance and management were needed to reverse the cycle of poor performance.
The Bucharest concession was Romania’s first public-private partnership in the water and sanitation sector and one of the first such transactions in the sector in Europe. IFC’s role in structuring and implementing the transaction provided assurances to international operators and the municipality about this pioneering transaction. The transaction was completed in March 2000.
Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
Access, Affordability, and Alternatives
Author: Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee, Elvira Morella
Author: Philippe Marin
Guide to Ring-Fencing of Local Government-Run Water Utilities
The delivery of water supply and sewerage services in the Metro Manila region is the responsibility of the govern- ment-owned Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS). Since 1997, MWSS has contracted out provision of services via two 25-year concessions based on a geographic division of the urban area: the east zone was contracted to the Manila Water Company (MWC), and the west zone to Maynilad Water Services (MWSI).
This paper examines the experience of developing local private sector participation (PSP) in small and medium-size towns in Cambodia, Colombia, Paraguay, The Philippines, and Uganda. The paper, which reviews schemes supported by the World Bank, summarizes information on the contracts and the selection process, extracts lessons learned to date from the cases, and recommends follow-up activities to address some key issues and fill gaps that were identified in the course of the study.