Depinder Kapur is a senior Development and WASH expert, leading the Sanitation Capacity Building Platform at the National Institute of Urban Affairs in New Delhi. He has worked in leadership positions with national and international development organizations including heading WaterAid India, and also with several Indian and international organizations, the Government and civil society grassroot initiatives on research and advocacy.
This paper covers several common goals of user charges: good governance, financial sustainability, distributive justice, economic efficiency, and... Read more...
This paper explains the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) position on user charges and shows the issues that influence this position. Read more...
In this note, the PSIRU team reviews some of the financing models and assesses their relevance to the current debate in the water sector. Read more...
In the interest of providing sustainable water supply and wastewater services where the beneficiaries of the services are charged a tariff for use of... Read more...