| Title | Optimal size for utilities? : returns to scale in water : evidence from benchmarking |
| Publication Type | Briefing Note |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Tynan, N, Kingdom, B |
| Secondary Title | World Bank public policy for the private sector notes |
| Volume | no. 283 |
| Pagination | 4 p. : 3 tab. |
| Date Published | 01/2005 |
| Publisher | World Bank |
| Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
| Publication Language | English |
| Keywords | cost benefit analysis, sdiman, water authorities, water costs, water supply, water supply charges |
| Abstract | This note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. Data from 270 water and sanitation providers is used in the research. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is driven in part by the assumption that this will make providers more responsive to customers' needs. But findings reported here suggest that smaller municipalities may face higher per-customer costs and could lower costs (and prices for consumers) by merging. |
| Notes | 5 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 202.7 |
| Citation Key | 66384 |
