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Editorial - Una oportunidad para el sector de agua y saneamiento En la cosmovisión indígena: El agua es parte de un ciclo al que pertenecen los humanos, por Rosa Me... Mostrar más + za (OPS/OMS). Los servicios de agua y saneamiento en Colombia: Participación del sector privado local. La experiencia de SER (Servicios Educativos Rurales) en Chota, Cajamarca: Servicios de aguas múltiples en comunidades rurales, por Roger Agüero. La experiencia en el Cusco: ¿Conexión domiciliaria o piletas públicas? Tratamiento de aguas residuales en Celendín, Cajamarca. Laguna de estabilización y saneamiento en Cajamarca: Celendín, cuidando el medio ambiente, por Raúl Reyes. CER-Agua. La concentración en la cloración del agua (Un prototipo diseñado por OACA e INVENTAR), por Juan Carlos Aguilar (ASHOKA). Cronología de las actividades relacionadas con el agua entre el 31 de octubre de 2001 y el 23 de enero de 2002. Mostrar menos -

This study synthesizes the results of six recent experiences with private sector participation in the water and wastewater sectors of developing countries. Its obje... Mostrar más + ctives are threefold: 1) to evaluate the results of these six cases and to describe the challenges and opportunities faced by governments and by water utilities, public as well as private, to improve the quantity and quality of services; 2) to assess whether local and national governments have taken full advantage of the potential benefits of private sector participation and to explore why some of those benefits may not be fully realized; and 3) to draw lessons from these experiences that can improve the planning and implementation of these water and wastewater projects and others elsewhere in which the private sector will participate. The report is organized as follows. Chapter 1 reviews the broader economic and institutional context within which private sector providers have participated in the water and wastewater sector in developing countries. Chapter 2 follows a profile of private sector arrangements in the six cases under study and a brief description of other arrangements elsewhere. The impact of these arrangements on service levels and quality as well as the costs of services to consumers are evaluated in chapter 3, and the constraints to implementing more adequate water-pricing systems are discussed in chapter 4. The performance of private firms and the efficiency gains achieved through their involvement are assessed in chapter 5. Chapter 6 discusses the financial aspects of private sector participation. The regulation of private sector arrangements is analyzed in chapter 7. Finally, chapter 8 summarizes the lessons learned and offers recommendations for increasing the likelihood of success of existing and future private sector arrangements. Mostrar menos -