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- A nd 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.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1950013 |
Journal | Water Economics and Policy |
Early online date | 25 Feb 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 25 Feb 2020 |
Keywords
- "service-level" targeting
- connection subsidies
- Customer assistance programs
- increasing block tariffs
- small-scale independent providers
- subsidies
- subsidy targeting
- water vendors
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Global Development Institute