Social Policies and Private Sector Participation in Water Supply

ZSOLT BODA Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Political Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary; Associate Professor, Business Ethics Center, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary VALERIE DICKIE Research Associate and Teaching Fellow, Department of Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK ANDRAeS GA"MEZ-LOBO Department of Economics, University of Chile, Chile DAVID HALL Director, Public Services International Research Unit, Business School, University of Greenwich, London ISSAKA KOUANDA Doctor in Economics, University Pantheon-Assas (Paris II), France CASSEY LEE HONG KIM Associate Professor of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham, UK EMANUELE LOBINA Senior Research Fellow, PSIRU (Public Services International Research Unit), Business School, University of Greenwich, UK MARCELA MELAeNDEZ Research Economist, Inter-American Development Bank MOUHAMAD MOUDASSIR Independent Researcher ARNAUD REYNAUD Researcher, Laboratory of Natural Resources Economics (LERNA), University of Toulouse, France ANDRAe ROSSI DE OLIVEIRA Associate Professor of Economics, University of Brasilia, Brazil JOHN SAWKINS Reader in Economics, Department of Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK G BOR SCHEIRING Research Consultant, Protect the Future (Vedegylet), Hungary

This book demonstrates that, when reforming the water sector, policymakers should arrange social policies that mitigate the negative impact of reforms. It presents a detailed analysis of the current issues, and uses country studies to show how social policies are vital in ensuring affordable access to water supply.This book demonstrates that, when reforming the water sector, policymakers should arrange social policies that mitigate the negative impact of reforms. It presents a detailed analysis of the current issues, and uses country studies to show how social policies are vital in ensuring affordable access to water supply.