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

Joseph Cook*, David Fuente, Dale Whittington

*Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Article number1950013
JournalWater Economics and Policy
Early online date25 Feb 2020
DOIs
Publication statusE-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

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