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Choosing Among Pro-Poor Policy Options in the Delivery of Municipal Water Services

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  • Joseph Cook

    (School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States)

  • David Fuente

    (#x2020;School of Earth, Ocean and Environment, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, United States)

  • Dale Whittington

    (#x2021;Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering and Department of City and Regional Planning University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27156, United States§Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom)

Abstract

The poor are most likely to suffer from a service provider that cannot reliably supply high-quality water through the piped network. Effectively assisting the poor is a key component of a successful tariff reform process. This paper provides practical, up-to-date advice that water utilities, municipalities, central governments, and donors can use to design and implement pro-poor policies for municipal water supply in low- and middle-income countries. After mapping contextual factors for a given situation and outlining the set of pro-poor policy alternatives, we use a simplified typology to diagnose common types of situations a water provider might be facing, provide policy recommendations, highlight potential policy mistakes, and discuss the challenges that policymakers are likely to face.

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  • Joseph Cook & David Fuente & Dale Whittington, 2020. "Choosing Among Pro-Poor Policy Options in the Delivery of Municipal Water Services," Water Economics and Policy (WEP), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 6(03), pages 1-21, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wepxxx:v:06:y:2020:i:03:n:s2382624x19500139
    DOI: 10.1142/S2382624X19500139
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    1. Libey, Anna & Adank, Marieke & Thomas, Evan, 2020. "Who pays for water? Comparing life cycle costs of water services among several low, medium and high-income utilities," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).

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