UID:
edocfu_9958095821602883
Format:
xxxiv, 176 pages :
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illustrations ;
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28 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-11325-5
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9786611113254
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0-8213-7332-3
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Executive Summary; 1 Introduction: Objectives and Scope; List of Figures; List of Tables; 2 Sector Achievement and Performance; List of Boxes; 3 Sector Challenges; 4 2020 Sector Vision and Path Forward; 5 Goal Based Sector Governance; 6 Improving Municipal Utility Governance and Structure; 7 Moving Up the Utility Financial Sustainability Ladder; 8 Using the Private Sector to Help Improve Municipal Utility Performance; 9 Improving Capital Planning to Reduce Costs; 10 Strategic Action Plan; APPENDIXES; Glossary; References
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-7331-5
Language:
English
