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Gottfried Wellmer / KOSA e.V. (Publisher): Vulamanzi! Municipal Service Partnerships and the Poor. Situation Report. Bielefeld 2004.

Booklet, 86 pages

Price: € 3,50 plus postage

Table of contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The general Framework for Water Provision in South Africa

	The ecological situation
	The development of a new water policy in South Africa
	Municipal reform and services
	A brief on socio-economic development in South Africa since 1994 and the public service sector
	Social expenditure of the state

2. The Concession Contract between Nelspruit and BiWater

	The political context
	Criteria for selecting a long-term concession contract
	Cornerstones of the concession contract
	Profit rates Concession fees and monitoring
	Subsidisation of poor households
	Tariff policy and choice of technology
	Finance
	Opposition to the concession

3. The Problem of unpaid Water Bills

	Capital expenditures of the concessionaire
	'Culture of non-payment'?
	Digging into the pockets of a naked man?
	Municipality amends the concession
	Joint actions for credit control
	Risks of the private concessionaire, the municipality and the consumer
	Interim evaluation

4. Public Private Partnership in Windhoek's domestic Wastewater Reclamation Plant

	Water shortage in Namibia and in Windhoek
	Migration from rural areas, urbanisation, unemployment and poverty
	Water policy, regulation, NamWater
	Hi-tech centre of excellence - the wastewater reclamation plant
	The affordability of municipal services
	Interim evaluation and summary

5. The Failure of partial privatisation in Potsdam

	Potsdam's run into debt and the partial sale of its water works
	Water consumption and tariff policy
	On the social consistency of tariff policy, a first evaluation

6. Evaluation: Public Private Partnerships and the Elimination of Poverty

	Legal and contractual considerations
	The financing of the infrastructure
	Norms and risks
	The distrust of poor consumers and the art of communication
	Conclusions


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