Water Concessions: Who Wins, Who Loses, and What To Do About It
Author: Caroline van den Berg Date: 10/1/2000 (PDF, 200KB)
Water concessions create value by boosting service coverage and quality, and by improving the efficiency of utility operations. Who wins, who loses, and by how much from these concessions depends on how the contract is designed and regulated. This Note proposes a simple exercise in modeling the distribution of benefits before a contract is awarded as a way to avoid later problems with skewed distribution of benefits.