Thirst for reform? private sector participation in Mexico City's water sector

In the early 1990s Mexico City's Federal District (the D.F.) initiated a series of service contracts with four operators in the private sector, each to be implemented in three stages over ten years. The idea was to introduce competitive pressures and to find out if a "gradualist" aapr...

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Main Author: Haggarty, Luke
Corporate Author: World Bank Development Research Group
Other Authors: Zuluaga, Ana Maria, Brook, Penelope J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C World Bank, Development Research Group, Regulation and Competition Policy 2001
Series:Policy research working paper
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Collection: World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:In the early 1990s Mexico City's Federal District (the D.F.) initiated a series of service contracts with four operators in the private sector, each to be implemented in three stages over ten years. The idea was to introduce competitive pressures and to find out if a "gradualist" aaproach would reduce social and political opposition to private sector involvement and would allow the government to address pricing problems and strengthen regulatory arrangements
Item Description:"August 2001. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-69). - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 12, 2002