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Privatized water, retreating state :Access and affordability issues for a public-private good in developing country contexts (Argentina, Venezuela, Senegal).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Privatized water, retreating state :
Reminder of title:	Access and affordability issues for a public-private good in developing country contexts (Argentina, Venezuela, Senegal).
Author:	Fauconnier, Isabelle Tien.
Description:	424 p.
Notes:	Chair: David Dowall.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-09, Section: A, page: 3506.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-09A.
Subject:	Urban and Regional Planning.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3105207
ISBN:	0496527746

Privatized water, retreating state :Access and affordability issues for a public-private good in developing country contexts (Argentina, Venezuela, Senegal).
Fauconnier, Isabelle Tien.

Privatized water, retreating state :Access and affordability issues for a public-private good in developing country contexts (Argentina, Venezuela, Senegal). [electronic resource] - 424 p.

Chair: David Dowall.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2003.

The thesis argues that unless water supply is understood along a continuum of public and private characteristics that include social and political factors, privatization reforms in water supply are unlikely to achieve significant service improvements for the urban poor, and will also lead to unfavorable results for the utilities themselves.

ISBN: 0496527746Subjects--Topical Terms:

212416
Urban and Regional Planning.

Privatized water, retreating state :Access and affordability issues for a public-private good in developing country contexts (Argentina, Venezuela, Senegal).
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520 # $a To understand the complex social and political characteristics of water that affect reform outcomes, yet are seldom taken into account by policy makers, this study proposes three dimensions: access, affordability and process. Access to the service is affected by the political economy of production, market structure, and the conceptualization of water as a private or public good. The affordability of the service is influenced by price-setting and enforcement mechanisms, the politics of regulation, and the design of subsidies. It is also linked to the political economy of consumption, itself influenced by users' perceptions of water as a social, merit, or private good. The process of water supply reform---shaped by its leaders and participants---plays an integral role in determining outcomes for low-income households.
520 # $a While the potential efficiency gains to be realized through water utility privatization have been extolled, the impacts of such programs on different categories of service users are not well understood or closely scrutinized in the literature. Along with efficiency, do privatization programs improve the accessibility and affordability of water services to low-income households?
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