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Tapping the Markets : Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Water and Sanitation for the Poor

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  • Jemima Sy
  • Robert Warner
  • Jane Jamieson

Abstract

Developing country governments and the international development community are looking for ways to accelerate access to improved water and sanitation services beyond the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. Countries do not have the capacity to meet the need for improved water supplies and sanitation services from public resources alone. These challenges present an opportunity for domestic enterprises in these growing markets. In fact, millions of poor and non-poor households rely on the private sector to meet their needs. The range of private sector services provided goes far beyond final service delivery. The domestic private sector is increasingly being viewed as a central part of the solution. Governments are increasingly interested in engaging with the private sector to increase access of the poor to services. Effective scale-up of access through the domestic private sector requires an understanding of the market potential, the state of entrepreneurs' operations, and factors that shape their business environment and investment decisions. This document examines private sector provision of piped water services and on-site sanitation services in rural areas and small towns, with case studies from several countries. The preferences and circumstances of poor households and the performance of enterprises that provide services directly to them are examined, as are commercial and investment climate factors that may affect enterprises' actual or perceived costs and risks.

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  • Jemima Sy & Robert Warner & Jane Jamieson, 2014. "Tapping the Markets : Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Water and Sanitation for the Poor," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 16538.
  • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbpubs:16538
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    1. World Bank, 2015. "Private Sector Delivery of Rural Piped Water Services in Bangladesh," World Bank Publications - Reports 24784, The World Bank Group.
    2. World Bank, 2016. "Strengthening Sustainable Water Supply Services through Domestic Private Sector Providers in Cambodia," World Bank Publications - Reports 23769, The World Bank Group.
    3. Janina Catalao Dionisio Murta & Juliet Rebecca Mary Willetts & Wahyu Triwahyudi, 2018. "Sanitation entrepreneurship in rural Indonesia: a closer look," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 343-359, February.
    4. Guy Hutton & Claire Chase, 2016. "The Knowledge Base for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal Targets on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-35, May.
    5. Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, 2016. "Water Sector Experience of Output-Based Aid," World Bank Publications - Reports 24674, The World Bank Group.
    6. Jay P Graham & Maneet Kaur & Marc A Jeuland, 2018. "Access to environmental health assets across wealth strata: Evidence from 41 low- and middle-income countries," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(11), pages 1-19, November.
    7. World Bank, 2015. "Cambodia Sanitation Marketing," World Bank Publications - Reports 21901, The World Bank Group.

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