As the World Bank and partners aim to support governments in the Middle East and North Africa address the challenges that confront the water and sanitation sector, the development of an effective regulatory...
In 2006-07, the Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia (WSP-SA) initiated research to identify barriers to service delivery for the urban poor. The findings of the research have been presented in these...
Programs to reform urban utilities and to engage the private sector have tended to focus on large cities and on transactions with large foreign private operators. This is changing, as smaller towns and...
Between 1994 and 2004, the World Bank approved funding for water supply and sanitation (WSS) projects that supported local private sector participation (PSP) in the development or operations (or both)...
The Egypt Mortgage Finance Project enables banks and non-bank lenders in the primary market to begin offering long-term market-based mortgage loans for residential housing. The Egyptian Company for Mortgage...
The report - the fourth in a series - consolidates the work developed in the last eighteen months by the Bank's water resources and sanitation team, and discusses some of the impending challenges within...
The report - the fourth in a series - consolidates the work developed in the last eighteen months by the Bank's water resources and sanitation team, and discusses some of the impending challenges within...
The purpose of this paper is to review the progress made in implementing key elements of road policy as it evolved, following the Road Maintenance Initiative (RMI), launched in 1987, as a partnership of...
The purpose of this paper is to review the progress made in implementing key elements of road policy as it evolved, following the Road Maintenance Initiative (RMI), launched in 1987, as a partnership of...
The lack of an appropriate regulatory environment is a principal factor behind inadequate water and sanitation services in many parts of Latin America. Many governments recognize the need to improve cost...
The lack of an appropriate regulatory environment is a principal factor behind inadequate water and sanitation services in many parts of Latin America. Many governments recognize the need to improve cost...
The Republic of Guinea has recently taken steps to restructure dramatically the urban water supply sector and to rehabilitate operations and improve financial performance. This paper outlines the theoretical...