Making Public-Private Partnerships Work
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Water utilities require cash at levels that public funds cannot meet. Involving private players can generate the financing, expertise, and innovation needed to improve services. But private sector participation in water comes in many shapes and forms, and many factors are involved in making it work. This issue features large and small-scale private players, the different modes their partnership with the public sector take, and the results of those partnerships.
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Champion of Reform
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They have flexible payment terms and no service connection charges, no access to friendly credit and lots of competition. So how does Inpart Waterworks and Development Company survive in the water business? "We forge strong partnerships with local governments and communities, working with them on water rates, billing systems, and other aspects of our operations," says IWADCO General Manager Elsa Mejia.
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APWF Introduces New KnowledgeHubs Network
The Asia-Pacific Water Forum introduced 12 founding members of the new KnowledgeHubs network. KnowledgeHubs, says APWF Governing Council Chair Professor Tommy Koh, is a response to the need to "connect people to feasible solutions and help them adapt those solutions to their local conditions." See related event.
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ADB President Outlines Water Agenda for Asia and Pacific Region
Speaking at a summit of water leaders, ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda reconfirmed water as an ADB priority and outlined a seven-point agenda for the region in the coming years. "We offer our resources and Water Financing Program as a platform for working together with our clients and partners," the President said. Read the speech. |
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UNESCO-IHE, PUB, ADB Coordinate Urban Water Management Workshop
ADB, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, and PUB Singapore organized a workshop on “New Concepts in Integrated Management of the Urban Water Cycle” at the Singapore International Water Week. The workshop focused on new concepts in water management for Asia's cities. |
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People's Republic of China: ADB Helping to Improve Ecosystem in Baiyangdian
The Baiyangdian Lake will receive an ADB $100 million loan for a project to preserve the endangered ecosystem. ADB's Akmal Siddiq said, “The project will demonstrate an innovative integrated ecosystem and water resources management approach to improve the environmental condition in the Baiyangdian Basin.” |
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Philippines: New Initiative to Strengthen Regulation in Water Supply Provision
A new initiative will design a long overdue regulatory reform agenda to help water services providers meet coverage targets and performance standards. Consultations with government-run water utilities, water districts, and small-scale water providers have been concluded, the results to be used in a national conference in August. |
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Philippines: Sanitation Experts Convene for 2nd National Summit
Mayors and other local leaders will decide on the best national response to the Philippines' growing sanitation problem at a national summit on 9-10 July. The summit will also focus on how this consensus can be translated into on-the-ground actions to improve sanitation. |
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Thailand: Residues of Indigenous Materials Tapped for Water Filtering
Thailand's rural poor have found new use for coconut and palm oil shells vital components of water filter products. An ADB pilot project costing $49,200.00 demonstrated how these residues of indigenous materials can be used in water filtering and pollution control. |
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Viet Nam: ADB Funds Hydropower Project
ADB will provide Viet Nam with a $196 million loan for the Song Bung 4 hydropower project that will help ease growing power shortages that threaten the country's future economic growth. "Affordable and reliable electricity is essential to Viet Nam's continued economic growth," said ADB's Pradeep Perera. |
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