Water Pricing and Public-Private Partnership in the Americas
(07/03, En, Es) See also Environment and Natural Resources
The water problems the world is likely to face in the coming years will probably be enormous. Thus, it is essential that new ideas and concepts be considered to improve water management practices.
In this context, two aspects of water management that have received high attention during the past five years are water pricing and public-private partnerships.
Because of the complexities associated with water pricing and public-private partnerships and their relevance to water management of the future, the Third World Water Center for Water Management, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Agencia Nacional de Aguas of Brazil sponsored two workshops, one on water pricing which was held in Brasilia, 3-5 June 2002, and the other one on public-private partnerships in the water sector which was held in Mexico City, 25-27 September 2002. The main objective of the workshops were to assess the experiences from North and South America on the issues of concern in an objective and critical manner. Papers for each workshop were specially commissioned. The current publication includes a group of selected papers from the two workshops.
Last updated: 05/08/07
