Download or read book Forging Partnerships Among Water and Wastewater Operators written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing access to clean water continues to be a challenge for governments. To date, at least 1.8 billion people use drinking water sources that are contaminated and an estimated 663 million people across the globe do not have access to improved drinking water sources. The selected case briefs provide an insight on the various partnerships created to improve local water utility operations and service delivery provision. Find out how peer-to-peer learning and mentoring can be used to spread expertise and best practices in the field of water utility operations to further improve sustainable water and wastewater service delivery.
Download or read book Water Operator Partnerships written by Andrea Karin Beck and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The water privatizations that swept across the global South in the 1990s and early 2000s failed to meet expectations. Rather than bringing about increased efficiency and investment, a suite of public-private partnerships ended prematurely and caused social unrest, most notably in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. In response, scholars and activists embarked on a search for "alternatives to privatization." Informed by the work of the Municipal Services Project and post neoliberal scholarship, this dissertation examines Water Operator Partnerships (WOPs) as a potential alternative to private-sector engagement in water and sanitation. Relying on primary documents and interviews, I trace the WOP concept to its origins in the UN system and highlight its defining characteristics as a partnership type. I further discuss the struggles behind the concept's emergence, focusing on the contested role of the private sector and the strategies applied by activists trying to safeguard a public orientation of WOPs. Based on two case studies of water companies in the Netherlands and Uganda, I examine the motivating factors that would cause water operators to engage in WOPs on a not-for-profit basis. My findings indicate that WOPs are driven by a number of interests that call into question their portrayal as solidarity-based partnerships, including staff development and the furthering of opportunities for aid, trade, and investment. I then follow the Dutch and Ugandan companies out of their headquarters and into the field, to the water utility serving Malawi's capital Lilongwe. Drawing on fieldwork in Malawi, I examine two WOPs in detail, showing how and why these partnerships failed or succeeded in supporting the reduction of non-revenue water. Taken together, this dissertation points to a need to refocus the debate on WOPs, beyond the private sector and towards public water and sanitation operators. I argue that two trends in particular deserve critical attention: professionalization and corporatization. Both are somewhat more concealed and less visible than the outright inclusion of the private sector in WOPs, but they could, in the end, pose a more serious challenge to the WOP model and its post neoliberal potential.
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Download or read book Collaborative Water Partnerships for Sustainability and Social Justice written by Patrick Quinn and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abstract: As the era of the Millennium Development Goals draws to an end in 2015, the United Nations members along with World leaders will negotiate how to include water and sanitation targets as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is estimated globally that close to 1 billion (14 %) of the human population still lacks access to safe drinking water and over 2.4 billion (36 %) people lack access to improved sanitation services. It is thus essential to examine the mechanisms that have been developed by the United Nations to increase access to water and sanitation services. This thesis aims to provide an exploratory analysis on the role of collaborative water partnerships known as the Water Operators' Partnership. These partnerships were developed by the United Nations to increase access to water and sanitation services in developing countries. Water Operators' Partnerships are not for profit public - public, public - private, private - private partnerships. There has been limited empirical research on the participation of North American Water Utilities in these alternative types of partnerships. In this research, this gap is partially addressed through the examination of the Belize Water Service - Contra Costa Water District, is the first Water Operators' Partnership between a North American and a Central American water utility. Through the exploration of the Belize Water Service - Contra Costa Water District case study, this thesis will highlight the need for decision makers to characterize water resources in terms of plural values operating within the Water Operators' Partnerships framework. This research used observations, interviews and participation in job shadowing sessions completed in the field as part of Belize Water Service - Contra Costa Water District Water Operators' Partnership documenting process. Archival documents were also collected from various stakeholders. Contextual factors such as political, socio-economic and environmental defining how water operators' function, were also examined through an extensive literature review. The reliance of Contra Costa Water District on market mechanisms and technological solutions for addressing water allocation issues has resulted in a techno-centric value system for resolving water distribution issues. The dual role of the Inter-American Development Bank in the funding of the Belize Water Service - Contra Costa Water District Water Operators' Partnership as well as the development of a water and sanitation project in Belize has characterized this particular WOP as a hierarchical partnership focused on capacity subsitution rather than capacity development. Accordingly, the Belize Water Service - Contra Costa Water District Water Operators' Partnership requires re-structuring to allow for polycentric governance framing that recognizes the plural values that different actors ascribe to water resources. Introducing polycentric governance in the development of collaborative partnerships such as WOPs will enhance the chance of increasing access to improved water and sanitation services for rural and poorer segments of the population. Finally a multitiered WOP framework is proposed in this research, identifying the need to consider several levels of intervention while recognizing their interdependence in order to ensure a sustainable and equitable delivery of water and sanitation services in both the urban and rural sectors in developing countries.Keywords: SDGs, water and sanitation, multitiered Water Operators' Partnership, Polycentric governance." --
Download or read book Local Government Innovation written by Robin A. Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-09-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationally recognized scholars and practitioners examine opportunities in which services traditionally provided by local governments are offered by the private sector though a contract or are transferred to a private business completely. Many large U.S. cities have contracted services for many years. With the movement to rightsize governments in recent years there has been renewed interest by local governments in similar ventures. Privatization, in its many forms, is now seen as a viable alternative to traditional ways of providing public services and can bring substantial benefits to residents. With greater accountability being demanded and pressures on local officials to hold the line on or reduce taxes, efforts to find innovative service delivery methods will probably increase. Cities, such as Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Charlotte, are examples showing that contracts with private businesses can work to benefit all parties. Local officials must move ahead cautiously, and not all attempts at privatization or contracting have succeeded. Some cities, after an evaluation, have decided to provide services with municipal employees. The main issues underlying privatization decisions will be addressed conceptually so that practitioners and academics benefit from a review of the current thinking on the issues. At the same time, exemplary practices and case studies are included so that readers can understand how privatization and managed competition have been implemented in local governments. Special attention is paid to administrative questions that may arise during the implementation process. For example, ways in which cities have worked with employees who fear displacement because of the privatization process are described. The book breaks new ground by including references to recent innovations in public-private partnerships and describing how privatization may evolve in the future.
Download or read book The World s Water 2006 2007 written by Peter H. Gleick and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics. The 2006-2007 volume features overview chapters on: Water and terrorism Business risks of water Water and ecosystems Floods and droughts Desalination Environmental justice and water The book contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including the 4th World Water Forum. It also offers a brief review of issues surrounding the use of bottled water and the possible existence of water on Mars. From one of the world's leading authorities on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them.
Download or read book The UN Habitat Water and Sanitation Trust Fund Strategic Plan 2008 2012 written by Graham Alabaster and published by Un-Habitat. This book was released on 2008 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book OECD Rural Studies Mining Regions and Cities Case of the Pilbara Australia written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The green transition presents the Pilbara with an opportunity to diversify its economy and improve well-being conditions of its communities, while becoming a strategic player in the global shift towards more sustainable mining. This study offers guidance on how the Pilbara can shape a more inclusive and sustainable development model that supports economic diversification and prioritises improving the living conditions of its communities, particularly First Nations.
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Download or read book Beyond Boundaries written by Almud Weitz and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Boundaries: Extending Services to the Urban Poor is a collection of 19 case studies from 10 Asian countries where the private sector either independently or in partnership with the public sector, NGOs, and community-based groups has stepped in to provide services such as water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management.
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