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Regional Evaluation on Urban Solid Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean: 2010 Report
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This regional report is the product of the joint efforts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (AIDIS). The report assesses solid waste management in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the year 2010, and is the result of a year-long research and information analysis project supported by governmental agencies, NGOs, and universities from several countries of the region.
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Corporate Governance in Water and Sanitation Enterprises
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This technical note contains a methodology to promote the use of good corporate governance practices for water and sanitation enterprises (especially SOEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on IDB experiences and other relevant cases from network utilities. The methodology evaluates how corporate governance practices are currently being applied in those firms, and facilitates progressive advancement in successive stages. The methodology is rooted in theory in order to ensure that the governance of water and sanitation enterprises contributes to the efficient and sustainable use of resources, so that the social investment in water and sanitation in the region may play a part in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Tool to Evaluate the Fulfillment of Good Corporate Governance Practices in Primarily State Owned Water and Sanitation Companies
Date: Jan, 2012
This tool presented here in an Excel format was designed to evaluate the fulfillment of good corporate governance practices in primarily state owned water and sanitation companies in the region.
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Evaluation of Water Pumping Systems: Calculation Sheet
Date: Nov, 2011
As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies", the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) financed the development of a regional methodology to improve energy efficiency and maintenance of water companies in Latin American and Caribbean countries. This methodology, developed by the consulting firms Econoler International and Alliance to Save Energy, focuses mainly on electromechanical efficiencies of water pumping systems in the Caribbean. This publication presents the calculation sheet. The a guide to the calculation sheet, an energy efficiency assessment manual, and a maintenance manual for the evaluation of the systems are also available on the IDB Publications Portal.
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Evaluation of Water Pumping Systems: Calculation Sheet Guide
Date: Nov, 2011
As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies," the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the IDB financed the development of a regional methodology to improve energy efficiency and maintenance of water companies in Latin American and Caribbean countries. This methodology, developed by the consulting firms Econoler International and Alliance to Save Energy, focuses mainly on electromechanical efficiencies of water pumping systems in the Caribbean. This publication presents a guide to the calculation sheet.
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Evaluation of Water Pumping Systems: Energy Efficiency Assessment Manual
Date: Nov, 2011
As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies," the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the IDB financed the development of a regional methodology to improve energy efficiency and maintenance of water companies in Latin American and Caribbean countries. This methodology, developed by the consulting firms Econoler International and Alliance to Save Energy, focuses mainly on electromechanical efficiencies of water pumping systems in the Caribbean. This publication presents an energy efficiency assessment manual.
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Evaluation of Water Pumping Systems: Maintenance Manual
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As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies," the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the IDB financed the development of a regional methodology to improve energy efficiency and maintenance of water companies in Latin American and Caribbean countries. This methodology, developed by the consulting firms Econoler International and Alliance to Save Energy, focuses mainly on electromechanical efficiencies of water pumping systems in the Caribbean. This publication presents the maintenance manual for the evaluation of the systems.
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Evaluation Tool to Implement Good Practices in the Area of Customer Management for Water and Sewerage Operators
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The following is a tool developed by the Water and Sanitation Division of the IDB for evaluating customer management practices in use by water and sewerage utilities. In order to facilitate the use of this tool, all matters which relate to customer management have been grouped into four main functional areas: the "Billing Factory" (or the recurrent billing and collection activities); Revenue Management; Customer Care (management of contacts with customers); and Customer Marketing, a relatively new activity in water and sewerage companies, which aims to study and propose solutions tailored for various types of customers. The tool is an Excel program, designed to be freestanding. This tool may be used in two major ways, as a support for dialogue between a professional of customer management and an external expert, or directly by the company itself to measure the consistency of different approaches to customer management and perceptions regarding their effectiveness.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Water-Based Adaptation to Climate Change: Elements for a Regional Agenda
Date: Dec, 2010
This document (Cancún COP-16) represents a coordinated effort among several institutions and organizations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region to present the results of a joint reflection on the issue of water-based adaptation to climate change as part of a Regional Policy Dialog process. The main purpose of this Dialog is to communicate to politicians and decision makers -both within the water community and from other public policy areas relevant to the topic- and other actors involved, a series of key messages and recommendations that enable them to define, in an informed manner, public policies and corresponding actions on climate change adaptation. The results of this dialog to date are reflected in this version of the document to be presented on December 3rd as part of the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change (D4WCC), an event associated with the COP16 to be held in Cancun, Mexico.
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Tool for Evaluating the Application of Good Practices for Customer Services in a Water Utility
Date: Mar, 2011
The Water and Sanitation Division (INE/WSA) of the IADB is developing tools to assist operators of water companies in the identification and adoption of best practices in various management areas. At the request of various operators, the Bank has decided to develop a tool for evaluating customer management practices in use by water and sewerage utilities. The tool, presented here, is an Excel program, using macros in Visual Basic, and designed to be "freestanding".
