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Water supply policies and issues in developing countries

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The significant progress made during the UN International Water Decade is reviewed, eight years after its inception in 1981. Major issues remain, especially in rural areas. The advantages of an integrated water resource planning framework (IWRP) are explained, including the use of this process to develop a flexible strategy for the water and sewerage sector to meet national policy objectives. Economic efficiency in supply implies optimal service quality and least cost planning, while efficient pricing policy requires the implementation of long‐run marginal cost based tariffs. Better sector organization, management, accountability, options for decentralization and innovative financing methods are also discussed.

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  • Mohan Munasinghe, 1990. "Water supply policies and issues in developing countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 14(1), pages 33-48, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:natres:v:14:y:1990:i:1:p:33-48
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.1990.tb00365.x
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    1. Mohan Munasinghe & Mark Gellerson, 1979. "Economic Criteria for Optimizing Power System Reliability Levels," Bell Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 10(1), pages 353-365, Spring.
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    1. Mohan Munasinghe, 1991. "Groundwater resource management and environmental protection," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 15(4), pages 302-312, November.
    2. Stephen B. Kendie, 1992. "Survey of water use behaviour in rural North Ghana," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 16(2), pages 126-131, May.
    3. A O Nyong & P S Kanaroglou, 1999. "Domestic Water Demand in Rural Semiarid Northeastern Nigeria: Identification of Determinants and Implications for Policy," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 31(12), pages 2127-2144, December.
    4. Mohan Munasinghe, 1990. "The pricing of water services in developing countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 14(3), pages 193-209, August.

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