Public Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities

"'Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities: A Review of Experiences in Developing Countries' analyzes the market growth of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the developing world since 1990, and the performance of more than 65 large water PPP projects-representing more than 100 million people-for access, service quality, operational efficiency, and tariff levels.

Although a relatively small portion of the water utilities in the developing world are operated under PPPs (about 7…