Download This PaperStocktaking of the Water and Sanitation Sector and Private Sector Involvement in Selected African Countries
NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative Roundtable
24 Pages Posted: 30 May 2008 Last revised: 3 Mar 2009
Date Written: November 1, 2007
Abstract
Over the last ten years, the issue of private sector participation in water infrastructure has led to highly politicized discussions. This background note aims to respond to the growing need for a dispassionate approach by providing a stocktaking of water and sanitation sector and private sector participation in a selection of 16 Sub-Saharan African countries.
Keywords: Private sector participation, Privatization, Water, Sanitation, Regulation, Africa
JEL Classification: L95, L50, L33, O55, O10
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Kauffmann, Celine and Perard, Edouard, Stocktaking of the Water and Sanitation Sector and Private Sector Involvement in Selected African Countries (November 1, 2007). NEPAD-OECD Africa Investment Initiative Roundtable, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1125487 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1125487
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