Public-Private Partnership in the Water and Wastewater Industry "Case Study of Africa, Asia and Latin America"

Document Type : review paper

Authors

• Ali Reza Nozari Poor ¹
• Mitra Ghasem Sharabiani ²
• Parisa Olad Ghaffari ²

¹ Institute of Management & Planning

² Islamic Azad University;Tehran Science& research branch

10.22067/jwsd.v4i1.1.64951

Abstract

The Public-Private ‏partnership ‏in the ‏water ‏and ‏wastewater ‏industry ‏is ‏remarkably ‏important ‏for ‏developing ‏countries. ‏In ‏particular, ‏‏attention must be paid ‏to ‏fulfill ‏the ‏interests ‏of ‏both ‏private and public sectors, ‏this ‏must also ‏be ‏reflected ‏in ‏the ‏contracts. ‏Although, ‏increasing ‏the ‏efficiency ‏and ‏improving ‏the ‏quality ‏of ‏services ‏is ‏one ‏of ‏the ‏important ‏reasons ‏for ‏cooperation ‏with ‏the ‏private ‏sector, ‏‏improving financial ‏flows ‏and ‏increasing ‏investment ‏is ‏the ‏most ‏important ‏reason ‏for ‏these ‏types ‏of ‏cooperation ‏agreements. ‏Public-private ‏partnership ‏in ‏the ‏water ‏and ‏wastewater ‏industry ‏is ‏being ‏designed ‏and ‏implemented ‏in ‏different ‏parts ‏of ‏the ‏world ‏and ‏various ‏results ‏have ‏been ‏achieved. Reviewing ‏the ‏implementation ‏models ‏of ‏this ‏type ‏of ‏partnership ‏in ‏different ‏countries ‏and ‏analyzing ‏their ‏strengths ‏and ‏weaknesses ‏can ‏be ‏important ‏in ‏designing ‏a ‏suitable ‏model ‏for ‏Iran. ‏In ‏this ‏research, ‏public-private ‏partnership ‏models ‏in ‏some ‏developing ‏countries ‏in ‏Asia, ‏Africa, ‏and ‏Latin ‏America ‏are ‏reviewed ‏by ‏the ‏survey ‏method ‏and ‏ ‏appropriate ‏recommendations ‏are proposed for the ‏public-private ‏partnership ‏in ‏Iran.

Keywords

• Public_Private partnership
• water and wastewater industry
• developing countries

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