This paper aims to provide an overview of implementation strategies that are emerging in relation to small towns, to explore opportunities for investments in small town water supply and sanitation, and to judge the risk of getting involved.
| Title | Serving small and medium size towns : what are the key issues that affect sustainability? |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | World Bank -Washington, DC, US |
| Pagination | v, 116 p. : tab. |
| Date Published | 1999-04-08 |
| Publisher | World Bank, Water and Sanitation Division |
| Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
| Keywords | case studies, colombia, financing, government organizations, indonesia, kenya, models, paraguay, peru, philippines, private sector, regulatory authorities, safe water supply, sanitation, sdipol, small towns, sri lanka, uganda |
| Abstract | This paper aims to provide an overview of implementation strategies that are emerging in relation to small towns, to explore opportunities for investments in small town water supply and sanitation, and to judge the risk of getting involved. Two distinct implementation models are reviewed: one based on public sector financing, and the other based on private sector financing. These fundamentally affect: a. the roles and responsibilities of communities, government and private sector; b. the flow of funds and contacting arrangements for planning, construction and operations; c. the regulatory framework; and d. the legal basis for ownership and management. The paper uses examples from small town programmes in Asia, Africa and Latin America to help develop key design principles for each model, emphasizing the factors that most affect cost-effective, sustainable service delivery. |
| Custom 1 | 202.8, 205.40 |
