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Chapter 7:

Drinking water and sanitation services:

Lessons from relevant experience

Emilio Lentini¹

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

On the basis of comparative analysis of reforms in drinking water supply and sew- erage services in urban areas of Argentina and Chile and taking into account recent experiences of other Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, etc.), the study identifies the factors exogenous and endogenous to the water sector which determine its performance or, in other words, success or failure.

Keywords:

Drinking water supply Sewerage
Public services Public policies
Institutional organization Industrial structure Privatization
Regulatory framework Tariff policies Subsidies
Low income groups Financing Investments
International investment Macroeconomic policies Policy priorities Institutional quality Payment culture

1 Reprint of Emilio Lentini (2011). “Drinking water and sanitation services: lessons from relevant experi- ence”. Circular of the Network for Cooperation in Integrated Water Resource Management for Sustain- able Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, No. 34 (October). Santiago, Chile: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Available from www.cepal.org/drni/noticias/circu- lares/0/43510/carta34in.pdf and Emilio Lentini (2012). “Drinking water and sanitation services: lessons from relevant experience”. Circular of the Network for Cooperation in Integrated Water Resource Man- agement for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, No. 35 (January). Santiago, Chile: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Available from www.cepal.org/drni/ noticias/circulares/7/45057/carta35in.pdf.

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