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Designed for governments to use as they begin to look for a private partner, this toolkit sets out the issues that a government must work through to identify which kind of private sector arrangement best meets its needs and circumstances.

TitleSelecting an option for private sector participation
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication1997
AuthorsWorld Bank -Washington, DC, US
Secondary TitleToolkit for private sector participation in water and sanitation / World Bank
Volumeno. 1
Pagination39 p.: 1 fig., 7 tab.
Date Published1997-09-01
PublisherWorld Bank
Place PublishedWashington, DC, USA
ISBN Number0821340034
Keywordscontracts, institutional aspects, policies, private sector, regulatory authorities, sdipol, water authorities, water resources management
Abstract

Designed for governments to use as they begin to look for a private partner, this toolkit sets out the issues that a government must work through to identify which kind of private sector arrangement best meets its needs and circumstances. To reach an initial decision, the government must ask itself some questions: What problems does it hope to solve? Which private sector options offer the best solutions to these problems? Do existing legal and regulatory arrangements support private sector involvement? Are the tariffs and subsidies required by the preferred option politically feasible - and the option therefore financially viable? Can the government win political support for the preferred option from key interest groups? If not, are there alternative paths that the government can take? Once a government has worked through the issues in this toolkit, it should be able to make a decision about which kind of private sector arrangement to pursue. That decision is the first critical step toward putting the arrangement in place. (author's abstract)

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