Consumer Cooperatives: An Alternative Institutional Model for Delivery of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Services?(Water Supply & Sanitation Working Notes, no.5, January 2006)

Pengarang:Fernando Ruiz-Mier, Mieke van Ginneken
Penerbit:Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Board of the Infrastructure Network of the World Bank Group, January 2006, i + 25 hal
Tahun Terbit:Th. 2006
No. Klasifikasi:623.854 RUI c
Kata Kunci:makalah, watsan working notes, watsan services, consumer cooperative
Lokasi:Perpustakaan AMPL, Telp. 021-31904113
Kategori:Pedoman/Panduan

This paper describes the essential characteristics of consumer cooperatives engaged in the provision of basic services and discusses their applicability as a model for water supply and sanitation service provision in urban areas. A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise.

The paper focuses on system-wide urban water supply cooperatives and it is thus not concerned with urban or peri-urban cooperatives that depend on either boreholes or bulk purchases of water from a utility for distribution, nor does it refer to rural water supply cooperatives that are generally small. After a general overview of cooperatives and a discussion of the main characteristics of utility cooperatives, the paper reviews the case of SANGUAPAC, a successful urban WSS cooperative in Bolivia, from which it draws some conclusions in the form of a preliminary assessment of cooperatives as a model for delivery of urban water supply and sanitation (WSS) services.

Table of Contents:

Summary

1. Introduction
1.1 The Challenge of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation
1.2 The Search for Alternative Models of Provision of Water Supply and Sanitation Services
1.3 Cooperatives as an Alternative to Public and Private (Investor-Owned) Provision
1.4 The Structure of the Paper

2. An Overview of Cooperatives
2.1 Cooperatives
2.2 Utility Cooperatives

3. A Case Study on Saguapac
3.1 General Description
3.2 Assessment of the Institutional Environment
3.3 Assessment of the Internal Functioning of the Utility
3.4 Conclusion

4. Conclusions: A Preliminary Assessment
4.1 Consumer Cooperatives Can Offer an Alternative Institutional Model for Delivery of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Services
4.2 Critical Success Factors for Well-Performing Consumer Cooperatives
4.3 How Can the Cooperative Model be Used in Sector Reform Processes
4.4 Final Remarks

Annex Saguapac: Performance Indicators
 



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