Improving utility performance in fragile environments : lessons from Liberia water and aewer corporation in Liberia and Guma valley water company in Sierra Leone (English)

This note summarizes lessons from the Water and Sanitation Program’s (WSP) technical assistance to improve performance and cost-recovery at the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation (LWSC) and Sierra Leone’s Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC). The focus on cost-recovery reflects its critical importance to the viability of utilities. There are ‘almost no examples in developing countries’ of utilities ‘whose operating revenues are significantly below O&M...

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Hirn,Maximilian Leo;

De Waal,Dominick Revell;
Document Date
2015/07/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
106722
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Liberia, Sierra Leone,
Region
Western and Central Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/07/02
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Improving utility performance in fragile environments : lessons from Liberia water and aewer corporation in Liberia and Guma valley water company in Sierra Leone
Keywords
billing system

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Hirn,Maximilian Leo; De Waal,Dominick Revell.

Improving utility performance in fragile environments : lessons from Liberia water and aewer corporation in Liberia and Guma valley water company in Sierra Leone (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/430881467618207136

Improving utility performance in fragile environments : lessons from Liberia water and aewer corporation in Liberia and Guma valley water company in Sierra Leone (English)

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