This report provides information on current wastewater financing practices both in industrialized and in developing countries. This is done by using case studies covering the USA, Korea, and France.
| Title | Financing wastewater services in developing countries |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1993 |
| Authors | McCullough, JS, Moreau, DH, Linton, BL |
| Secondary Title | Wash technical report |
| Volume | no. 80 |
| Pagination | viii, 45 p.: 2 box, 4 fig., 1 tab. |
| Date Published | 1993-01-01 |
| Publisher | Water and Sanitation for Health Project (WASH) |
| Place Published | Arlington, VA, USA |
| Keywords | cab93/5, case studies, cost recovery, decentralization, disposal, financing, france, institutional framework, korea republic, legislation, sanitation charges, usa, wastewater, wastewater treatment |
| Abstract | This report provides information on current wastewater financing practices both in industrialized and in developing countries. This is done by using case studies covering the USA, Korea, and France. The American model is one based on complete decentralization in which the role of central government has been confined to financing and broad regulation of the sector. France provides a case example that combines the European River Basin Authority model with municipal ownership of water supply and sanitation systems and heavy reliance on private firms to manage the systems under long-term contracts. Korea provides an example of a country that is decentralizing authority for the wastewater sector and also greatly increasing overall capital investment, while shifting the burden of cost recovery to users. A trend toward decentralizing responsibility for financing at least a portion of sanitation capital investment is evident in both industrialized and developing countries. Some privatization of service delivery is also occurring as a way to increase efficiency through better management and use of resources. |
| Notes | 10 refs. |
| Custom 1 | 302.8 |
