Tapping the Market The Challenge of Institutional Reform in the Urban Water Sector

This book examines the challenge of reform of the urban water supply sector in developing countries, based on case studies of state-owned water companies in Ghana, India, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The growing public private partnership for urban water supply is analyzed, focussing on the concession contract model. The implications for meeting the water needs of the urban poor, for the regulatory role of the state and for state capacity building are also discussed.

Andrew Nickson is Reader in Public Management and Latn American Development, School of Public Policy, University of Birmingham, UK.

Richard Franceys is Senior Lecturer in Water and Sanitation Management, Institute of Water and Environment, Cranfield University, UK.