Water Services in Chile : Comparing Private and Public Performance

• Tác giả: Gabriel A Bitrán
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 628.7 Sanitary engineering for rural and sparsely populated areas
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 327914
• Chủ đề: 1. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; 2. STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES; 3. WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS; 4. WATER SUPPLY & SANITATION; 5. WATER TARIFFS

Tóm tắt

In 1988, Chile put in place a new regulatory regime for water and sanitation, allowing rates to reflect the actual cost of providing services. The government then reorganized the sector under 13 state-owned regional water companies and, in 1998, started to partially privatize some of them. Four years after the first sale, it is now possible to assess the early results of privatization. This Note examines the outcomes for investors, and consumers, and compares the performance of the privatized companies with that of companies remaining under state ownership.