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Marginal Privatisation and Infrastructural Deficiencies: Anas and Lee Revisited

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  • Michel Boisvert

    (Institut d'urbanisme, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 succursale centre-ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada, michel.a.boisvert@umontreal.ca)

  • Lahouari Senouci

    (Institut d'urbanisme, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128 succursale centre-ville, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada, lsenouci@aol.com)

Abstract

Infrastructural deficiencies are leading an increasing number of industries into alternative solutions to the traditional public monopoly, including total own production. Anas and Lee suggested six behavioural types of marginal privatisation-i.e. the introduction of industrial producers as suppliers of urban services for themselves or for a limited number of nearby industries—emphasising its positive impact on the profitability of industrial production. This paper first suggests an extension of Anas and Lee's typology and the impact of marginal privatisation is then discussed in terms of the financial equilibrium of the public organisations responsible for the residual services to domestic users, and with respect to environmental objectives. Finally, suggestions are made for water and sanitation services in Casablanca based upon a mixture of behavioural types primarily designed according to the environmental risk associated with each industry group.

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  • Michel Boisvert & Lahouari Senouci, 2000. "Marginal Privatisation and Infrastructural Deficiencies: Anas and Lee Revisited," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(7), pages 1131-1144, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:37:y:2000:i:7:p:1131-1144
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980020080051
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    1. Kyu Sik Lee & Alex Anas, 1992. "Costs of Deficient Infrastructure: The Case of Nigerian Manufacturing," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 29(7), pages 1071-1092, October.
    2. Kyu Sik Lee & Anas, Alex, 1989. "Manufacturers'responses to infrastructure deficiencies in Nigeria : private alternatives and policy options," Policy Research Working Paper Series 325, The World Bank.
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