Water

ADB actively pursues water service efficiencies, and sees private sector participation as one of the possible means of attaining these efficiencies. Countries such as the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Maldives, the Philippines and others share their successes and lessons learned in establishing partnerships with the private sector in these case studies.

• Charting Change: Water Reforms for Full Cost Recovery in the PRC (October 2005)
• Credible Regulatory Bodies — Managing Water Interests (August 2005)
• Drainage Improvement to Protect Food and Livelihood Security of the Poor and Vulnerable Households
• Indonesia, ADB Creates a Custom-Fit Regulatory Framework to Improve Investing Environment in Country's Water Services (August 2005)
• Infrastructures and Institutions for Urban Water Supply and Sanitation (May 2006)
• Public-Private Models Offer Options to Utilities (August 2005)
• Reconciling People and Nature (December 2004)
• Recovering the Full Cost of Delivering Clean and Safe Water (August 2005)
• Study Uncovers What Makes Irrigation Initiatives Pro-Poor (July 2005)
• Two Public-Private Operators Go to Market as a Financing Option (August 2005)
• Water for Slums: Private Sector Participation in Manila [PDF]
• Water Treatment Success Overshadows Solid Waste Management (April 2006)