Index

accountability, partnership principles

219-21 

administrative context, municipalities

283-5

advisors, water privatisation 158 affermage contracts 68, 184, 192, 193-5,

224

affordability of services 138-42, 247-9 Aguas Argentinas 22, 25, 92, 128

community cooperation 228 

financing of 154, 168 

sub-contract 208 

Aguas Cordobesas, Argentina 98, 196, 246 Aguas de Barcelona (AGBAR) 154, 156,

182

Aguas de Cartagena (AGUACAR) 140-1,

156, 182 

aguateros water merchants, Paraguay

150-1, 152

Amanz' Abantu Services 120 

Americorp Environmental Services 80,216 

Anglian Water 76, 154

appropriate technologies, for service

improvements 133-5

Aqua Gold 68 

Argentina

Aguas Argentinas 22, 25, 92, 128, 154,

168, 208, 228

Aguas Cordobesas 98, 196, 246 

Barrio Estación Flores 98 

Barrio Quebracho 98

Barrio San Ignacio 98

Barrio San Jorge 58, 92, 130-1 

154, 168, 208, 228

 community collaborations 98, 228 

Córdoba 98, 196, 234, 246 

Ente Regulador de Servicios Publicos

(ERSEP) 246

Ente Tripartito de Obras Y Servicios

Sanitarios (ETOSS) 168

financing concessions 154 

integrated poverty responses 58 

land tenure 130-1

NGOs 92, 208 

political will 234 

private sector-community cooperation

228 

regulatory bodies 254

 regulatory framework 246

NGOs 209, 210

Water and sanitation services 81

Construction process, consumer role 101

Consultants

Partnership role 111 – 13

South Africa 110, 203

Understanding of 271

Zimbabwe 276

Consulation, definition 6

Consumer rights 27, 237

Consumers

disaggregating 94

engaging with 270

role of 97 – 103

Contestability, partnership principles 219

Contracts

build – operate – transfer (BOT) 184, 201 – 2

concessions 197- 201

enforcement 203 – 4

franchises 195 – 7

leases and affermage contracts 193- 5 

management contracts 184, 189-93

Management and supervision of 267,

295

negotiations 267

NGOs 205 – 11

Operators and investors 202

private sector 187 – 204

procurement 214, 239 – 4

renegotiations 268

risk management 226

service contracts 184, 187 – 9

small – scale and independent providers

204

transaction costs 202 – 3

types 179, 184

CORPOSANA, Paraguay 150 – 1

corruption 215

cost recovery

connection fees 169 – 71

consumer participation 101

and multinational private operators 79

NGOs 95

partnership arrangements 165 – 74, 303

subsidies 171 – 4

tariffs 165 – 9,170

costs

private sector participation (PSP) 29, 31

reduction 135, 138

Dar – es – Salaam Sewerage and Sanitation

Department (DSSD), Tanzania 252

interdependency, of communities 133,

136 

international companies, municipal service

provision 75–9, 112 

international donors, partnership role

107–11

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

154, 158

 International Institute for Environment and

Development – America Latina (IIED-AL) 25, 92, 130–1, 208

International Labour Organization (ILO)

316

investors 

financial incentives 159–65 

private 152–9

public capital 157

joint ventures 180, 182, 185 

Jowam consortium, South Africa 214

labour relations

South Africa 102

see also trade unions 

land tenure, and service expansion

129–33

Laos

community interpendence 136

urban poverty experiences 50

Vientiane 50, 136

leadership, municipal 281–9 

lease contracts 184, 193–5 

legislation, private sector participation

(PSP) 238, 245 

legitimacy and legality, partnership

principles 221 

Lesotho

skills transfer 175

technical assistance 186

Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA

of Lesotho 175, 186

localisation, municipal service delivery 21

low-income communities

diversity of 55–7

see also poor

macro-economic trends 241

Malani Padayachi and Associates, South

Africa 110

management, municipal 281–9

management capacity 285–9 

management contracts 184, 189–93

awareness building 93 

capacity building 93 

characteristics 89–91, 112

community interface 93 and 

consortia 209, 210 

contractural arrangements 205–11 

engaging with 270 

international 91 

local 91

in partnerships 24, 88, 89–97 

payment to 163–5 

project formulation and development 

91

non-poor, as consumers 97, 99

Ondeo-Lyonnaise des Eaux 22, 75, 76, 78,

154, 196 

organisational arrangements, framework

180, 181–7

organisational development 

municipal attitudes 304–7 

municipal finance 301–4 

municipal leadership and management

281–9 

municipal structures 299–301

municipal systems and procedures 

289–97 

organisations, capacity building 175–7

Palmer Development Group 110 

Paniza, Guillermo 156 

Paraguay

aguateros water merchants 150–1, 152

CORPOSANA 150–1 

participation, definition 6 

participatory approach, service delivery 53 

participatory poverty assessment (PPA),

Vientiane, Laos 136 

partnering, process of 119–22 

partnership arrangements

cost recovery 164, 165–74, 303

financial and economic aspects 126,

152–74, 263–7, 301–4

institutional aspects 126, 174–7

key elements 126

physical/environmental aspects 125–38

private investment capital 152–65

service coverage 125–33

service options 132–5

service quality 135–7

social/political aspects 126, 137–52 

partnership framework 290–3

economic context 239–41

employees 103–7

external agents 107–13

framework for action 309–13

impacts on municipal structures 300

implementation 293–7

maintaining 267–8

municipal government role 67–73, 112

municipal model 180, 181

NGOs 89–97, 112

organisational models 180–1

partnering process 119–22

partnership framework 290–3

policy framework 241–3, 256

political context 233–9, 256

poverty-focused 49–59, 61–3

poverty reduction impacts 47–9

priorities 123

private sector role 73–89

regulatory framework 245–55, 256, 263

relationships between partners 116–19

service delivery 28

skills development 278

strategic planning 43–5, 265

sustainable livelihoods approach 59–60

see also municipal service partnerships;

partnership arrangements; partnership

principles 

Public–Private Partnerships for the Urban

Environment (PPPUE) 109, 315

quality, of service 135–7, 249

reform process, municipal government

33–7 

regulatory bodies 253–5 

regulatory capture 250 

regulatory framework

limitations of 263

public–private partnerships (PPPs

245–55, 256 

renegotiations, contracts 268, 297 

risk

and multinational private operators 79

private investments 153 

risk management

partnership principle 226, 227

strategic understanding 264–5

Sanitation and Potable Water Company of

Lima (SEDAPAL) 82 

sanitation services

Greater Nelspruit Utility Company

(GNUC) 100

Igoli 2002 40, 110, 190, 218 

institutional and social development

(ISD) 88 

integrated development planning (IDP)

38, 39 

Johannesburg 40, 110, 190, 203, 214,

218 

Jowam consortium 214 

KwaZulu-Natal Project 122 

labour relations 102 

local political leadership 284 

management constraints 282 

management contract 190 

Municipal Infrastructure Investment

Framework (MIIF) 236, 242, 248 

Municipal Infrastructure Investment

Plan (MIIP) 38 

Municipal Infrastructure Investment

Unit (MIIU) 111, 236, 237, 316 

municipal role 68, 116 

municipal service partnerships 242 

Mvula Trust 24, 88, 90, 93, 120, 122,

210 

national support structures 236 

Nelspruit 100, 102, 184, 237, 284 

participation and public awareness 218 

partnerships 120, 122 

policy framework 242 

political will 234 

price regulation 248 

procurement procedures 214, 292 

Queenstown 184, 198 

SIVUKILE 100

solid waste micro-enterprise 84 

Stutterheim 68, 116, 166, 184, 192,

224, 260–1, 265, 268, 282 

tariff structure 166 

trade unions 102, 218, 237 

Water and Sanitation Services South

Africa (WSSA) 68, 198, 224 

White Paper on Local Government

(WPLG) 38 

South African Local Government

Association (SALGA) 102 

South African Municipal Workers Union

(SAMWU) 102, 218 

specialists, role of 271 

specificity, partnership principle 227–9 

staffing policy and practice 277–9 

stakeholders

Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) of

Lesotho 175, 186

WaterAid 91

willingness-to-pay, water services 139 

women see gender issues 

workforce

fair treatment of 148–52

informal sector 152

partnership role 103–7 

World Bank

service coverage 127, 128 

tariffs and fees 168 

water concession 196, 228

Azurix 76

Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires 154

banks finance providers 155

Billy Hattingh solid waste scheme, South

Africa 84, 135

Biwater, South Africa 100 

Bolivia

cost reductions 135, 138 

El Alto project 55, 101, 106, 109, 138 

regulatory bodies 254 

Botswana, understanding of poverty 262 

build-operate-train-transfer (BoTT

decision-making 176 

South Africa 24, 88, 90, 120, 163, 201, 

210

build-operate-transfer (BOT

contracts 184, 201-2

water project, Turkey 200 

bundling, organisational arrangements

180, 181-3 

Business Partners for Development (BPD),

Water and Sanitation Cluster 11 , 47, 

108, 316

Capacity building

Community development 147 – 8

Definition 6

Municipal 9 – 10, 285 – 9

NGOs 93

Organizational 175 – 7

Poverty reduction strategy 53 – 4, 61

Purpose of 4

Sill requirements 260 – 1, 271

Strategy 271 – 5

Chile

regulatory bodies 254

targeted subsidies 172

civil society

attributes 112

consumers 97 – 103

employees 103 – 7

NGOs 89 – 97

role in partnership 89

clarity and predictability, partnership

principle 225

collaboration 98, 228, 266, 293

Columbia

Aguas de Cartagena (AGUACAR) 140 – 1,

decentralization, municipal services delivery

21, 244, 245

decision – making

consumer role 101

organizational structure 176

demand – led service delivery 2 – 3, 53

Department for International Development

(DFID), UK 28

donors

Bolivia 106

partnership role 107 – 11

poverty – focused approaches 61

downsizing 301

economic context, public  - private

partnership (PPPs) 239 – 41

economic and financial sustainability,

partnership principle 227

El Alto project, Bolivia 55, 101, 106, 109,

138

elections, municipal government 71

employees

fair treatment of 148 – 9

municipal 105 – 7, 149

role in partnerships 103 – 7

empowerment, partnership principle

229 – 30

Ente Regulador de Servicios Publicos

(ERSEP), Argentina 246

Ente Tripartito de Obras Y Servivios 

Sanitarios (ETOSS), Argentina 168

equity, partnership principle 225

equity investors 135

European investment Bank (EIB) 196

feedback mechanisms, partnerships

267 – 8, 297

fees, for private operators 159 – 61

financial issues

municipal 301 – 4

partnership arrangements 126, 152 – 74, 

263 – 7

financial management and planning, skill

requirements 268

financial services, access to 148

financial sustainability, partnership

principle 227

fixed fees 159

formalization, impacts of 31

framework for action 309 – 13

franchises 184, 195 – 7

Meller S.A. 154

Memorandum of Understanding 295

Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewage

System (MWSS), Philippines 158, 160 

micro-enterprises

contracts 204

solid waste management 84 

monitoring

of partnerships 267–8, 295–7

of performance 134 

multinational companies see international

companies 

multisectoral approach 3 

municipal, definition 6 

municipal attitudes, organisational

development 304–7 

municipal borrowing 155–7 

municipal capacity building

definition 6

strategic framework 9–10 

municipal finance, organisational

development 301–4

municipal government see municipalities 

Municipal Infrastructure Investment Unit 

(MIIU), South Africa 111, 236, 237, 

316

municipal leadership, organisational

development 281–9 

municipal management

organisational development 281–9

for partnerships 41

poverty-focused approach 61

municipal objectives

framework 18

management capacity 285–9

sectoral competencies 115–16, 118

municipal service delivery see service

delivery

municipal service partnerships

finance 301–4

leadership and management 281–9

learning curve 41–3

locating 34

management implications 41

municipal role 67–73

service coverage 125–33

skill requirements 259–75

South Africa 242

strategic planning 43–5

strategic understanding 263

structures 298–301

systems and procedures 289–97

partnership principles

accountability 219–21

clarity and predictability 225

competition 215–19

contestability 219

economic and financial sustainability

227

empowerment 229–30

equity 225

legitimacy and legality 221

risk management 226, 227

specificity 227–9

stakeholder participation 223–5

transparency 213–15

payment mechanisms, for services 140–1,

142–3

performance fees 161 

performance measurement indicators 134 

Peru

community mobilisation 96

Lima 82, 96, 135, 185

NGOs 96

Sanitation and Potable Water Company 

of Lima (SEDAPAL) 82

Vigilance Committee for Drinking Water 

(COVAAP) 82, 96

water tanker deliveries 82, 135, 185

Philippines, water privatisation 158, 160 

policy framework, public–private

partnerships 241–3, 256

political context, public–private 

partnerships 233–9, 256 

political leadership, municipalities 281–3 

political will, and partnerships 234, 235,

256 

politics, municipal government 71

poor

as consumers 97, 99

delivery to 194

empowerment of 229–30

low-income communities 55–7

perceptions of 262 

poverty

understanding of 262

variability and diversity of 50, 55–7 

poverty-focused

definition 6

public–private partnerships 61–3

service delivery 49–52 

poverty reduction

capacity building 53–4

demand-led approach 53

consumers 94

performance monitoring 134

regulation of 252

service contracts 189

small-scale independent providers 85, 

86, 252

tariffs 166, 167

unbundling 183

see also water services

SAUR UK 76, 220, 276 

service contracts 184, 187–9

service coverage

Buenos Aires 127, 128

partnership arrangements 125–33 

service delivery

affordability 138–42, 247–9

benefits of private sector involvement

23, 27

definition 6

equity and access 137–43

expansion 127–9

gender targeting 143–6

integrating 147–8

limitations of 262–3

municipal role 67–73

Northern models applied to South 49

objectives 19–21

obligations of municipality 37–41

opportunities 21–3

partnership roles 114

poverty-focused 49–52

price regulation 247–9

private sector involvement 20–31, 

47–9, 73–89

problems 17–19 

service options, partnership arrangements

132–5 

service provision see service delivery 

service quality, partnership arrangements

135–7 

sewerage services see sanitation services

S.G. de Aguas de Barcelona 154 

SILT, Nepal 80, 81, 216 

SIVUKILE, South Africa 100 

skills

capacity building strategy 271–5

developing 275–7

financial management and planning 

268

framework 272–4

legal understanding 266–7

maintaining partnerships 267–8

consultation 222

engaging with 269–71

identifying 57–9

informing 213

municipal attitudes to 304–7

participation 223–5 

steering committees 175 

strategic framework, municipal capacity

building 9–10 

strategic planning

implementation of 266–7

municipal service partnerships 43–5

procedural change 289–90

understanding of 265 

structural capacity, for partnerships 298 

subsidies 142, 171–4

and gender 144

targeted 172, 173 

Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux see Ondeo-

Lyonnaise des Eaux 

Superintendencia de Servicios Publicos 

Domiciliarios (SSP), Colombia 238 

sustainable livelihoods (SL) approach

59–61 

Swedish International Development 

Agency (SIDA) 106, 109

Tanzania

Dar-es-Salaam 146, 162, 252

Dar-es-Salaam Sewerage and Sanitation 

Department (DSSD) 252

regulating small-scale providers 252

waste collection business 162

women waste collectors 146 

tariffs, cost recovery 165–9, 170 

technical assistance

capacity building 277

Lesotho 186 t

technology transfer, partnership

arrangements 175 

tendering procedures 266, 292, 294 

Thames Water 75, 76 

trade unions

consulting with 270–1

role of 105

South Africa 102, 218, 237 

training, skills development 275 

transaction costs, contracts 202–3 

transparency

partnership principles 213–15

tendering procedures 266 

Turkey

poverty reduction policies 47

and private sector involvement 75, 109,

156 

Public–Private Infrastructure Advisory

Facility (PPIAF) 104, 109 

technical assistance 186

Zimbabwe 

economic instability 240, 241 

Gweru 42, 103, 105, 220, 222, 240,

156, 182

Barrio Nelson Mandela 140 – 1

Cartagena 140 – 1, 156, 170, 182, 262

Comision de Regulaction de Agua Potable

Y Saneamiento Basico (CRA) 238

decentralization policy 244

El Pozon 141

joint venture 182

legislation 238

Payment mechanisms for services

140 – 1

Political will 234

Private sector involvement 75, 156,

235, 238

regulatory bodies 254

superintendencia de servicios publicos

Domiciliarios (SSP) 238

Understanding of poverty 262

Water and sanitation plan 238

Water tariffs 170

Comision de Regulacion de Agua potable Y

Saneamiento Basico (CRA), Colombia

238

Community – based organizations (CBOs)

Capacity building 177

Characteristics 99

Contracts with NGOs 209

Problems of 103

Community client arrangements 185 – 7

Community collaborations, Argentina 98,

228

Community development, capacity building

147 – 8

Compagnie interdependence 133, 136

Community mobilization, peru 96

Community organizations see community-

based organizations (CBOs)

community participation 2, 53, 101

147 – 8

Compagnie Generate de Eaux (Vivendi)

154

Compensation structures 159, 160

Competition, partnership principles

215 – 19

Concessions 184, 197 – 201

Argentina 196, 228

checklist 194

financing 154

condominial water networks 135

Congress of south African Trade Unions

(COSATU) 102

consortia

gender issue

poverty reduction strategies 57

targeting service delivery 143 – 6

global economy 239

globalization, service delivery 21

grantors 155

Greater Nelspruit Utility Company (GNUC)

South Africa 100

Group Five 120

guarantors 155

Haiti, community participation 101

Halcrow Group, UK 110

health and hygience activities 147

HKC Investments 110

households, vulnerability 133

human resources , skills development

259 – 79

implementation

managing of 287 – 9

partnerships 293 – 7

strategic planning 266 – 7

implementation committees 177

incentive structures, and multinational

private operators 79

incentives, financial 159 – 65

income generation activities 148

India

Municipal corporation of Hyderabad

(MCH) 72

NGO roles 270

solid waste management 72

individuals, in partnerships 116

informal service providers

contracts 204

partnerships with 83 – 9

rights of 152

informal settlements, land tenure 129 – 33

infrastructure, financial issues 303

infrastructure improvements

impacts on poverty reduction 47-9

multilateral initiatives 104

innovation, by employees 107

institutional and social development (ISD),

South Africa 88

integrated approach 3

integrated development planning (IDP),

South Africa 38, 39

integrated poverty responses 54 – 5

Argentina 58

understanding of problems 262–8 

see also public–private partnerships

municipal structures, organisational 

development 299–301

municipal systems and procedures,

organisational development 289–97

municipalities

administrative context 255–7 

administrative leadership 283–5

attitudes 304–7

attributes 112

characteristics 69–71 

constraints in partnerships 73 

contract negotiations 267 

contracts with private sector 187–204 

economic context 239–41

employees of 105–7, 149 

financial issues 301–4 

human resources 259–79 

leadership and management 281–9 

organisational development 281–307 

organisational options 180, 181 

partnership framework 290–3 

policy framework 241–3, 256 

procedural change 289–98 

reform process 33–7 

role in partnerships 67–73, 116 

service delivery role 67–73 

systems and procedures 289–98 

understanding of partnerships 263

Mvula Trust, South Africa 24, 88, 90, 93,

120, 122, 210

national private sector, service providers

27, 79–83

negative impacts, identification of 61 

negotiations, contracts 267, 292, 294–5 

Nepal

Biratnagar 80, 216, 219, 296

bundling 183

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC)

20, 36

management and monitoring 296

municipal policy reform 36

national service provider 80

poverty diversity 56

SILT 80, 81, 216

solid waste management 80, 81, 216

unsolicited bids 216, 219

Ninham Shand 120 

non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

advocacy 93

gender issues 57

integrated poverty responses 54–5

key processes 52–9

key stakeholder identification 57–9

public–private partnerships 47–63

strategic approach 62

sustainable livelihoods (SL) approach 

59–61

predictability, partnership principle 225 

price regulation 247–9

private investment capital 152–9 

private sector

challenges to 87, 89

contracts 187–204

engaging with 269

international companies 75–9, 112

national businesses 27, 79–83, 112

nature and diversity 73–5

potential roles 87

small-scale and informal service

providers 83–7, 112

private sector participation (PSP)

benefits 23, 27

capacity building 61

concerns 27, 29, 31

costs 29, 31

definition 6

legislation 238, 245

political context 233–9, 256

poverty reduction impact 47–63

prerequisites 27

service delivery 20–31, 47–9, 73–89

privatisation, definition 6

pro-poor

definition 6

private sector participation 3

service delivery 133–6 

procedural change, municipalities 289–98 

procurement processes 214, 292, 293–4 

profits, payments based on 160, 161

public awareness 218 

public investment capital 157 

Public–Private Infrastructure Advisory

Facility (PPIAF) 104, 109, 315 

public–private partnerships (PPPs)

capacity building strategy 271–5

civil society actors 89–107

community participation 53

comparison of actors 112, 113–16

consumer role 97–103

contracts 184, 187–204

definition 6

municipal service partnerships 259–75 

needs analysis 265 

stakeholder consultations 269–71 

strategic planning 265 

supplementing 276 

understanding of problems 262–3, 272 

understanding of solutions 263–4, 272 

skills transfer, partnership arrangements

175 

slum-improvement projects 2 

small-scale independent providers (SSIPs

benefits of 87

characteristics of 27, 83–7, 112 

constraints on partnerships 85–7

contracts 204 

regulating 252

water and sanitation services 82, 83–7 

Sociedad Comercial del Plata S.A. 154 

solid waste management

consumers 94 

contractors 162 

municipal role 72 

national businesses 80, 81 

performance monitoring 134 

private sector 75 

service contracts 189 

small-scale independent providers 84,

85, 86

tariffs 166, 167 

unsolicited bids 216

women workers 146 

South Africa 

affermage contracts 184, 192, 224

Amanz’abantu consortium 210 

Billy Hattingh solid waste scheme 84,

135

build-operate-train-transfer (BoTT) 24,

88, 90, 120, 163, 176, 201, 210 

capacity building 260–1 

community shareholding 100 

concessions 184, 198 

Congress of South African Trade Unions

(COSATU) 102

Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure

Programme (CMIP) 38, 248 

consortium for water services 210

consultants 110, 203

contract types 184

Department of Water Affairs and

Forestry (DWAF) 210 

G5 and Ondeo-Lyonnaise partnership

81

Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) water

project 200

structural capacity 298

unbundling, organisational arrangements

180, 183 

United Nations Development

Progragramme (UNDP), Public–Private

Partnerships for the Urban

Environment (PPPUE) 109, 315 

United States Agency for International

Development (USAID) 111 

United Utilities 76 

unsolicited bids 216, 217–19 

urban governance, reform process 33–7 

urban management see municipal

management

Vigilance Committee for Drinking Water

(COVAAP), Peru 82, 96 

Vivendi Water 75, 76, 122, 154 

VKE Consulting Engineers 110

waste management see solid waste

management 

Water and Sanitation Program 26, 47, 315

global initiatives 109 

Water and Sanitation Program – Andean

Region (WSP-AND), El Alto project

106, 109 

Water and Sanitation Services South Africa

(WSSA) 68, 198, 224 

water services

affordability 138–42, 248 

concessions 154, 196, 228 

consortia 81 

consumers 94 

cost reduction 135 

international private operators 75–9 

NGOs 92, 96

payment mechanisms 140–1, 142–3 

performance monitoring 134 

private finance 156, 158, 160 

private sector participation 22, 26, 30,

75 

public–private partnerships 47 

regulatory bodies 254 

service contracts 189 

small-scale independent providers 82,

83–7, 135 

tariffs 165–9, 170 

see also sanitation services

276, 278, 306 

municipal skills 276 

political instability 233, 240 

private sector participation 42, 235 

response to stakeholders 306 

skills development 278 

stakeholder consultation 222 

transparency and acountability 220