Water Privatisation and Renationalisation in Bolivia: Are the Poor Better Off?
The water sector in the Bolivian cities of La Paz and El Alto was privatised between 1997 and 2005. When the concession contracts were drawn up, the government and the private company agreed explicit coverage targets. The agreement was to install 71,752 new water connections by 2001—roughly universa...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15900 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15900 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Water Privatisation Bolivia Poor |
| Sumario: | The water sector in the Bolivian cities of La Paz and El Alto was privatised between 1997 and 2005. When the concession contracts were drawn up, the government and the private company agreed explicit coverage targets. The agreement was to install 71,752 new water connections by 2001—roughly universal access in La Paz and 82 per cent coverage in El Alto. However, by 2005 the private contracts were terminated and the sector was renationalised. What happened? |
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