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Worldwide, over a billion people lack access to drinking water and 2.6 billion to basic sanitation. Developing and managing water and sanitation infrastructure constitutes an urgent and major challenge. Just halving the proportion of people without access to drinking water and sanitation by 2015 would require investments of some USD 72 billion per year.
To meet these tremendous needs, many countries seek out the private sector to modernise and expand their water and sanitation infrastructure and/or to improve the efficiency of ater systems. To make the most of private sector participation, an effective regulatory framework should be in place and key principles of good partnerships should be followed.
Recognising this, the OECD has developed practical guidance for governments wishing to engage the private sector in water infrastructure, building on existing OECD instruments:
The guidance was developed through multi-stakeholder dialogues, reviews of specific country experiences and regional consultations:
This project was completed in March 2009 in time to contribute to the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul. It constitutes one element of a major OECD-wide programme on water policies for affordable services and sustainable resource management.
Documents and links
- Private Sector Participation in Water Infrastructure: Checklist for public action, March 2009
- OECD Observer article on the investment checklist, March 2009
- Managing Water for All: An OECD Perspective on Pricing and Financing, March 2009
- OECD portal on the water challenge
- 5th World Water Forum, 16-22 March 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
- News release: OECD Global Forum calls for more investment in water and sanitation, 3 December 2008
- OECD Global Forum on Sustainable Development “Financing and Pricing Water: the Roles of Government Policies, the Private Sector and Civil Society”, 1-2 December 2008, Paris
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Permanent url www.oecd.org/daf/investment/water
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