▪ Abstract This review examines experience with private-sector participation (PSP) in the
water supply and sanitation (W&S) sector. Common ideological, theoretical, and practical …

The analysis of efficiency in the management of urban water services offers valuable
information both for the managers of this service and for public bodies in order to introduce …

Differences in national traditions of public intervention, institutional arrangements and public
service markets make local public services an area of great diversity. In this paper we …

This study provides an analysis of Italian water utilities to determine the effects on their
efficiency of certain relevant variables that have been broadly discussed in the existing …

Most theories on private sector participation in water infrastructure are based on the sole
supposed difference of efficiency between the public and the private sector. The review of 22 …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to carry out an analysis of Italian water utility
companies to determine whether their performance was related to certain relevant variables …

The price of district heating in Sweden is unregulated and differs substantially among
different networks. This paper investigates if the price variation can partly be explained by …

Should governments or private firms own water systems? Can yardstick, or benchmark,
competition effectively discipline utilities? Little empirical research sheds light on these …

We examined the 500 largest community water systems in the US to explore whether
ownership is related to annual water bills, and the percent of income that low-income …

According to recent estimates, around 6,000 people–mostly children under five–die every
day from diseases caused by inappropriate water and sanitation (WS) services. Much of the …