Beyond Boundaries: Extending Services to the Urban Poor

Beyond Boundaries
Extending Services to the Urban Poor

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ISBN: 971-561-394-2

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Lifting close to 1 billion people out of poverty is a major challenge for Asian countries. Many of the 240 to 260 million poor living in cities and towns suffer from inadequate water, sanitation, and solid waste services and other forms of deprivation.

As the search for sustainable alternatives continues, many Asian countries have begun to experiment with private sector initiatives and public-private partnerships to reach out to the poor. At the same time, numerous NGOs and small-scale enterprises are trying to expand their service provision by linking up with large public or private utilities and thus creating public-private-community partnerships.

Beyond Boundaries: Extending Services to the Urban Poor is a collection of 19 case studies from 10 Asian countries where the private sector either independently or in partnership with the public sector, NGOs, and community-based groups has stepped in to provide services such as water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management.

It comes with a CD containing the book and full version of the cases undertaken in the study.

Edited by Almud Weitz and Richard Franceys.

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Abbreviations and Acronyms, Preface, Foreword [ PDF: 82kb | 12 pages ]

Poverty in Asia and the Pacific [ PDF: 95kb | 2 pages ]

Environmental Health Services for the Poor [ PDF: 150kb | 2 pages ]

Universal Service Obligation and Reform [ PDF: 108kb | 2 pages ]

Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Services [ PDF: 230kb | 6 pages ]

Stakeholders and Partnerships [ PDF: 165kb | 6 pages ]

The Case Studies [ PDF: 764kb | 34 pages ]

Requirements and Techniques for Serving the Poor [ PDF: 275kb | 14 pages ]

Serving the Poor: Conclusions [ PDF: 84kb | 3 pages ]

References [ PDF: 98kb | 13 pages ]

Appendixes [ PDF: 140kb | 14 pages ]

Appendix 1: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Concession 95
Appendix 2: England and Wales: Divestiture 102

This publication was prepared under Regional Technical Assistance 5926: Public-Private- Community Partnerships in Urban Services for the Poor by the Social Sectors Division of the Southeast Asia Department, the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of adb or those of its member countries.

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In this publication, the term “country” does not imply on the part of adb any judgment as to the legal or other status of any territorial entity.

Please address inquiries for copies of this publication to the Chief, Office of External Relations, Asian Development Bank, P.O. Box 789, 0980 Manila, Philippines.

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