PROJECTS
Water Sector Regulation Notes
The problem
Many water utilities are inefficient and unresponsive to customer demands, providing poor services at high cost. Governments struggle to make these utilities perform well. Regulation can be a useful tool to improve utility performance, but there was confusion about how to regulate effectively, and how regulation interacts with related tools, including governance and public-private partnerships.
How we helped
Castalia wrote six Explanatory Notes, each covering a key topic in water regulation. Together these notes: defined economic and other types of regulation; provided principles to guide development of effective regulatory frameworks; and clarified how best to design regulation for publicly-owned utilities, and for various types of public-private partnerships for water utilities.
Impact
The World Bank published the “Explanatory Notes on Key Topics in the Regulation of Water and Sanitation Services” in 2006. This paper has been downloaded over 1300 times from the World Bank website and cited in 57 publications.
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WASHINGTON, DC
+1 (202) 466-6790
1747 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 1200
United States of America
SYDNEY
+61 (2) 9231 6862
Suite 19.01, Level 19, 227 Elizabeth Street
Australia
AUCKLAND
+64 (4) 913 2800
74D France Street, Newton South
New Zealand
WELLINGTON
+64 (4) 913 2800
Level 2, 88 The Terrace
New Zealand
PARIS
+33 (1) 73 44 26 97
6 Rue Duret
France
BOGOTÁ
+57 (1) 508 5794
Calle 81 #11-08, Piso 5, Oficina 5-127
Colombia
Thinking for a better world.