Does Greater Autonomy Improve Performance? Evidence from Water Service Providers in Indian Cities

We assess the efficiency of urban water supply in 27 Indian cities using data envelopment analysis (DEA). We also group cities by the management structure of their water utilities. Utilities with greater degree of functional autonomy perform better, supporting the hypothesis that more autonomy in management leads to better performance among water utilities. Our results also have implications for urban domestic water pricing -- most of the utilities operate under decreasing returns to scale (DRS) implying water should be priced at marginal cost of supply

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Gupta, Shreekant ; Surender Kumar ; Sarangi, Gopal K.
Publisher:	[S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Indien \| India \| Wasserversorgung \| Water supply \| Kommunale Versorgungswirtschaft \| Local public utilities \| Data-Envelopment-Analyse \| Data envelopment analysis

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