Banerjee, Sudeshna; Foster, Vivien; Ying, Yvonne; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2010
Water and sanitation utilities in Africa operate in a high-cost environment. They also have a mandate to at least … partially recover their costs of operations and maintenance (O&M). As a result, water tariffs are higher than in other regions … provide affordable water to low-volume consumers, who are often poor. Atthe same time, few utilities can recover even a small …