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    Aspects of Urban Water and Sanitation in the Context of Rapid Urbanization in Developing Asia

    Pernia, Ernesto M; Alabastro, Stella LF | September 1997
    Abstract
    The problem of access to urban water and sanitation services is be-coming all too obvious in developing Asia, especially in the less developed economies. Rapid urbanization in the coming years implies that the prob¬lem can only worsen under a "business-as-usual" sort of policy regime. Clearly, a redoubling of efforts is called for to deal with the situation. This paper attempts to examine some relevant key issues and identify ways of addressing them. Because access to water and sanitation services is income-elastic, particularly at lower income ranges, rapid and sustained economic growth will be important. Also significantly instrumental will be reduction in popu-lation pressures from a natural increase in and migration to large cities. This is so because of negative congestion effects, and there appears to be no clear economies of scale in the provision of water and sanitation services; on the contrary, there are indications that such services can be supplied less expen-sively in smaller cities and towns. There is ample scope for private sector provision and/or private fi-nancing of water via appropriate user fees; some cross subsidization scheme can be adopted to deal with equity issues. In the case of sanitation, given the typical public-goods problem, direct government intervention will be needed especially in low-income communities. Government decentralization and devolution appears beneficial for the whole issue of urban infrastruc¬ture and basic services. Local governments should therefore be accorded the necessary institutional and financial support to adequately perform this function. Finally, assistance to private enterprises could be sought from development finance institutions in the form of affordable loans that may be required during the first few years of operation.
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    Pernia, Ernesto M; Alabastro, Stella LF. 1997. Aspects of Urban Water and Sanitation in the Context of Rapid Urbanization in Developing Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3059. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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    0117-0511
    Keywords
    Access To Water
    Available Water
    Demand For Water
    Drinking Water
    Drinking Water And Sanitation
    Freshwater
    Groundwater Quality
    Managing Water Resources
    Demand For Water
    Urban Development
    Urban Conditions
    Urban Areas
    Public Water Supplies
    Water & Sanitation Assocation (Wasa)
    Water And Sanitation
    Urban Plans
    Economic Development
    Urban concentration
    Sewage management
    Sanitation services wastes
    Water Shortage
    Urban renewal
    Local government
    Fresh water
    Water quality management
    Drinking water protection
    Water quality
    Water availability
    Public utilities
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3059
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    Pernia, Ernesto M
    Alabastro, Stella LF
    Theme
    Urban
    Water
    Labor Migration

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