Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil

Narzetti, Daniel Antonio; Marques, Rui Cunha

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2021.101217

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“…When the legislator present in the law affirms the intention of seeking the economic viability of services through the forecast of PPP arrangements (Article 51), and charging (Article 53) indicates the intention of PSP, that has, as will be seen further on, not prospered (at least up to now), this characterizes a case of mimetic isomorphism-in other words, the copy of an existing model in operation in other contexts, but without its effective placement in practice. It is thus a contradictory situation between "de jure" and "de facto", as pointed out by some authors [36].…”

Section: Brasília-federal Districtmentioning

confidence: 98%

Attracting the Private Sector to Urban Stormwater: A Feasible Task or Just a Pipe Dream?

Novaes

Marques

2022

Water

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Private sector participation (PSP) in stormwater drainage and management systems is desirable for two reasons: firstly, for its capacity to contribute resources, allowing existing public budgets to be used for other purposes, and secondly for its capacity to introduce management efficiency. Despite the apparent simplicity of this conceptualization, in practice, such participation does not occur simply out of a desire to improve service delivery. Private and public partners have their interests, which are, on the private side, the profit margins and deadlines for return on investments, and on the public side, representing society, the obligations of equity, universality, continuity, and the sustainability of service provision and infrastructure. Reconciling these often-contradictory aspects requires complex and sophisticated political, institutional, organizational and regulatory structures aligned to provide incentives, resources, and involves everyone. Without exhausting the subject, this article addresses several aspects related to the attractiveness and participation of private initiatives in urban stormwater management and discusses some international examples with a special focus on Brazil.

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Section: Brasília-federal Districtmentioning

confidence: 98%

Attracting the Private Sector to Urban Stormwater: A Feasible Task or Just a Pipe Dream?

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Marques

2022

Water

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“…After 12 years, updates were necessary, and Law 14.026 in 2020 defined new commitments and coverage targets. According to this law, the expansion rates of WSS must be defined in the contracts, and the coverage targets are 99 and 90% for water supply and sewage treatment, respectively, by 2033 (Narzetti & Marques, 2021a). This universalization will bring enormous direct and indirect benefits to the country valued at approximately R$1.5 trillion ($282 billion) over the next twenty (Freitas & Magnabosco, 2018).…”

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“…Encouraging the adoption of adequate mechanisms for planning, regulation, and inspection of WSS provision are national policy in Brazil, which prioritizes, supports, and encourages plans, programs, and projects aimed at implementing and expanding WSS services through integrated and coordinated actions (Victral & Heller, 2021). The latest legal framework reform of the sector and the current Brazilian government have prioritized and facilitated private sector participation as a way to invest in and universalize WSS in Brazil (Narzetti & Marques, 2021a).…”

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“…The contributions to the literature include identifying the challenges in promoting universal access to WSS in vulnerable areas since the project design phase is one of the ways to recognize the human rights of these citizens. Furthermore, the engagement of families in policy planning provides better results, creates positive externalities for the city and its residents, and enables the transformation of the informal relationship of vulnerable areas into a formal relationship capable of implementing effective interventions (Narzetti & Marques, 2021a). In addition, the process of identifying and recognizing informal areas from the project design and the pre-contractual phases improves the legal framework for expanding access to WSS.…”

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Policies and incentives for developing universal access to water and sanitation for vulnerable families

Narzetti

Marques

2022

Water Policy

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This research investigates the development of water supply and sanitation services (WSS) for vulnerable households, discussing the alignment of policies, institutions, and regulations to provide the right incentives to achieve universal access. It provides evidence of the actions carried out in Brazil, particularly the integration of the recent National Public Policy for the universalization of WSS and assistance to vulnerable areas. The expansion of private sector participation is discussed as an alternative to stimulate the universalization of WSS.

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“…The new law brought further attributions to ANA (former National Water Agency, now called National Water and Basic Sanitation Agency), a federal government autarchy linked to the Ministry of Regional Development, in addition to its current scope of managing water resources, adding a challenging task of centralizing, and standardizing at national level the regulation of the sector. Currently, there are ∼73 regulatory agencies operating in the country, 1 national, 34 municipal, 13 intermunicipal and 25 state, however, only 52% of the municipalities are supported by these regulatory agencies (ABAR, 2019;Narzetti and Marques, 2021b). It was attributed to ANA the responsibility for coordinating the regulatory agencies of water and sanitation services at the national government level, being responsible for standardizing their operation and aligning their performance parameters (quality of service, operational and commercial efficiency), also economic regulation matters and the definition of a pattern for the contract's contents nationwide (Narzetti and Marques, 2021b).…”

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Water and Sanitation as a Wicked Governance Problem in Brazil: An Institutional Approach

Carvalho

Tulder

2022

Front. Water

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The world is facing a large number of interrelated crises that have seriously increased the level of uncertainty and ambiguity in many areas. In 2018, the UN anticipated that the world was careering toward a global water crisis with a 40% shortfall in freshwater resources by 2030 coupled with a rising population. This nascent crisis represents a “connected challenge” for countries: it contains a multitude of causes and consequences, a multitude of actors and interests for which no “one-size-fits-all” solutions are available. The adequate approach to this type of complex—or “wicked”—problems is not to search for technological solutions only, but to consider new forms of governance that make use of complementary institutional logics. Effective governance depends on the extent of alignment with the complexity and the root causes of the issues. This paper applies wicked problem theory to identify the root institutional and governance causes of uncertainty in a developing country like Brazil, which provides insights to (also) identify approaches that could navigate change in less uncertain and ambiguous directions. We distinguish three types of relevant institutional constraints: logics, complementarities, and voids. Based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from Brazil's water and sanitation sector, we delineate institutional constraints precipitated by the plurality of the governance system. We argue why a tripartite partnership approach—as for instance pioneered by Dutch international water projects in the global South—presents a way out of the wicked water and sanitation problems in Brazil.

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Isomorphic mimicry and the effectiveness of water-sector reforms in Brazil

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Attracting the Private Sector to Urban Stormwater: A Feasible Task or Just a Pipe Dream?

Attracting the Private Sector to Urban Stormwater: A Feasible Task or Just a Pipe Dream?

Policies and incentives for developing universal access to water and sanitation for vulnerable families

Water and Sanitation as a Wicked Governance Problem in Brazil: An Institutional Approach

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