1 These contract models have been developed for a particular application and have proved to be useful legal mechanisms in specific sectors.
2 World Bank, 1997; Cointreau-Levine, 2000.
3 As neither of these results in a partnership involving more then one sector, they are not included in this discussion.
4 While the physical water problem clearly lends itself to this bundled approach, the municipalities are not centrally involved, and they are unable to work towards an integrated approach for service delivery when this important service is excluded from their responsibility.
5 This approach was adopted in Chile and led to significant problems. Legislation was consequently introduced to ensure that electricity and water were not in the hands of the same company.
6 Primary, secondary and tertiary refers to the municipal, ward (sub-municipal) and neighbourhood levels of service, respectively. See Plummer, 2000, p38.
7 Cointreau-Levine, 2000.
8 World Bank, 1997, republished in RoSA (no date).
9 Cointreau-Levine, 2000, p19.
10 Ibid.
11 Usually five years.
12 Klein, 1996.
13 Bennett, 1998a.
14 We are grateful to Chris Heymans and Chris Ricketson for their contributions on transaction costs.
15 Text provided by Chris Ricketson, Halcrows.
16 WSP field notes and publications available on www.wsp.org; Coad, 1997; Ali and Cotton, 2001.