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Cost recovery, equity, and efficiency in water tariffs : evidence from African utilities (English)

Water and sanitation utilities in Africa operate in a high-cost environment. They also have a mandate to at least partially recover their costs of operations and maintenance (O&M). As a result, water tariffs are higher than in other regions of the world. The increasing block tariff (IBT) is the most common tariff structure in Africa. Most African utilities are able to achieve O&M cost recovery at the highest block tariffs, but not at the first-block...
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Banerjee,Sudeshna Ghosh; Foster,Vivien; Skilling,Heather; Wodon,Quentin T.; Ying, Yvonne.

Cost recovery, equity, and efficiency in water tariffs : evidence from African utilities (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5384 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/476671468210593814

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