Format:
1 online resource (214 pages)
ISBN:
9780821373323
Content:
As China transitions to a market economy, municipal utilities are evolving into commercially viable companies under government oversight. Great challenges confront the reform process for China's water utilities, including rapid urbanization and emerging inequality, coupled with severe water scarcity and degradation. Cities and their water utilities must provide services within a complex mosaic of policies and regulations provided by national and provincial governments. In China, as throughout the world, water is also a sensitive political issue. Governments are keen to provide good water service, but also attuned to the need to ensure that tariffs are socially acceptable. This report presents a strategic framework and set of recommendations for addressing these challenges and accelerating improvements in China's urban water utilities. Drawing upon the World Bank's experience in China, as well as the Bank's global knowledge, the report provides a comprehensive assessment of urban water services, including policy, regulatory, institutional, financial, and technical issues. The report will prove a valuable resource for policy makers, utility companies, and anyone interested in the development of the world's largest water market.
Content:
Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction: Objectives and Scope -- Conceptual Framework -- Key Policy Themes and Strategic Directions -- Urban Water Market Segments -- Report Organization -- Data Sources -- 2 Sector Achievement and Performance -- Sector Achievements -- Water Supply Utility Performance -- Wastewater Utility Performance -- Chapter Summary -- 3 Sector Challenges -- Responding to Rapid Urbanization -- Dealing with Urban Diversity -- Confronting Water Scarcity and Degradation -- Meeting Infrastructure Investment Needs -- Improving Utility Financial Sustainability -- Chapter Summary -- 4 2020 Sector Vision and Path Forward -- Sector Vision in 2020 -- Benefits of Achieving the Sector Vision -- Strategic Directions and the Way Forward -- 5 Goal Based Sector Governance -- Overview of Sector Governance Structure -- Improving National Policy Coordination -- Shifting from Physical Targets to Policy Goals -- Strengthening Provincial Government Oversight -- Setting Appropriate Water and Wastewater Standards -- Summary of Strategic Directions -- 6 Improving Municipal Utility Governance and Structure -- Overview of Municipal Sector Structure -- Facilitating Cost Recovery -- Fostering Efficient Urban Water Utilities -- Managing Wastewater as a Network Utility Business -- Exploiting Opportunities for Service Aggregation -- Summary of Strategic Directions -- 7 Moving Up the Utility Financial Sustainability Ladder -- Achieving Utility Cost Recovery -- Accessing Domestic Credit Markets -- Improving Concessionary Finance Programs -- Summary of Strategic Directions -- 8 Using the Private Sector to Help Improve Municipal Utility Performance -- Private Participation Trends in China -- Engaging with the Private Sector as Part of the Reform Process.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821373316
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821373316
Additional Edition:
Print version Stepping Up : Improving the Performance of China's Urban Water Utilities
Language:
English
