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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All
What is the secret to arranging successful water PPPs in the Philippines? To answer this question, the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) examined eight water …
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Water in Bucharest
In March 2000, Bucharest entered into a concession contract for its water utility with the aim of turning around the utility’s faltering performance. Under the private operator the utility has raised…
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Small Utility Access to Market Credit: Lessons and Options
This report examines issues surrounding access to market-based financing by small water utilities towards developing an intervention program. A rapid assessment looked at the systematic constraints…
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Opportunities and Challenges for Small Scale Private Service Providers in Electricity and Water Supply Evidence from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, and the Philippines
This study provides an in-depth look at Small Scale Private Service Providers (SPSPs) of electricity and water and is based on a recent firm-level survey conducted in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, and…
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La gestion du Service Public de l’Eau (SPE) dans les villes moyennes
Environ 37 pourcent (Source : JMP-2013) de la population africaine n’a pas accès à l’eau potable et l’exposant ainsi à des conséquences sanitaires et économiques désastreuses. Les différents…
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Open For Business
An exciting shift is happening in Senegal’s water and sanitation sectors. Long lauded for its successful urban water Public Private Partnership (PPP), which began in 1996,1 Senegal is now seeking…
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Selling Sanitation
Selling Sanitation is a joint International Finance Corporation-Water and Sanitation Program (World Bank) initiative that aims to help millions of people across Africa get access to the…
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Water Business Kit Kenya
This Water Business Kit is published jointly by IFC and Aquaya. It is intended to provide small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs with a step-by-step guide to developing a water…
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Subsidizing Water Connections in Cameroon
A project brief on the Cameroon water connection scheme, the first GPOBA project to be implemented under an affermage contract. It is also the first subsidized water connection program…
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Output-Based Aid in the Philippines
A project brief on the Metro Manila water project that aims to provide access to water services through individual household connections to several low-income communities in Rizal…
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Charting Our Water Future
The report Charting Our Water Future was developed to take a first step in providing greater clarity on the scale, costs and tradeoffs of solutions to water scarcity. It is the result of a year-…
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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…
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Meeting the Challenge of Financing Water and Sanitation
The investments needed to deliver sustainable water and sanitation services, including the funds that are needed to operate and maintain the infrastructure, expand their coverage and upgrade service…
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Private Sector Participation in Water Infrastructure
Many countries have sought the involvement of the private sector to upgrade and develop their water and sanitation infrastructure and improve the efficiency of water systems. This book provides…
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Morocco : Guerdane Irrigation
Brief on IFC's PPP advisory support to the government of Morocco in the setup of a 30-year concession to create an irrigation network in the Guerdane region. This was the world's first PPP in…
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PPIAF Support to Private Sector Participation in the Irrigation Sector in Ethiopia
PPIAF support to two activities in Ethiopia has led to private sector participation in the irrigation sector, which is aimed at improving availability of water for farmers, and increasing…
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Unlocking the irrigation potential in sub-Saharan Africa: are public-private partnerships the way forward?
Irrigation can help to improve and stabilise agricultural productivity, thereby contributing to food security and to resilience against climate change. Irrigation – either full or supplementary –…
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Emerging Public-Private Partnerships In Irrigation Development and Management
As part of its program to analyze key issues related to water for food, the World Bank has prepared a series of background papers: reengaging in Agricultural Water Management, water pricing…
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Partnerships IQ: Grain Storage Public-Private Partnerships
India has a number of early lessons to offer in the development of grain storage PPPs: from specific bid requirements and clauses in draft contracts, the importance of ensuring early understanding…
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Missing Food: The Case of Postharvest Grain Losses in Sub-Saharan Africa
This report is based on the desk study undertaken by experts of the U.K. Natural Resources Institute (NRI).Low-income, food-deficit countries have become especially concerned about the global and…
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India: Punjab Silos
India has been successful in developing agriculture in its fertile northern belt, resulting in an abundance of grain. Unfortunately, its ability to store it has lagged behind. Today, India…
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Opportunities for Private Sector Participation in Agricultural Water Development and Management
This study examines ways to increase food security, reduce poverty and achieve economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa with ‘water’ through increased participation of the private sector and public…
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A Harvest of Practical Insights
This SmartBook presents practical lessons learned by staff from across the IFC and the World Bank, on approaches for engaging in agriculture that have led to success (includes lesson on Punjab Silos…