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Cost-Benefit Analysis as a Tool to Evaluate the Distributional Impacts of Water Sector Reform
Caroline Van den Berg
(EWDWS)
Tuesday March 16th 2004Cost-benefit analysis can be used to determine the distributional impacts of sector reform through a stakeholder analysis. In Argentina, water sector reform resulted in the concessioning of water and snaitation utilities. These concessions can boost service coverage and quality and improve the efficiency of utility operations. But who wins and who loses when a concession is put in place depends on how the contract is designed and regulated and the particular environment in which the concession is working. Modelling the distribution of benefits before a contract is designed can help to avoid problems with a skewed distribution and avoid that transactions go sour. In this presentation, it was dicussed how cost-benefit analysis can be useful in gaining insight in the distribution of benefits amongst stakeholders.
A summary of the paper can be found at: http://rru.worldbank.org/viewpoint/HTMLNotes/217/217Vande-10-23.pdf
A complete version of the paper will be posted here shortly.
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