Quo vadis efficiency analysis of water distribution? A comparative literature review

Walter, Matthias; Cullmann, Astrid; Hirschhausen, Christian von; Wand, Robert; Zschille, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2009.05.002

Cited by 96 publications

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“…Several scholars have focused their effort to understand what influence the typology of ownership and/or management-public vs. private-may have on efficiency or, more generally, on performance of the water service provision industry [3][4][5][6][7]. An in-depth literature review conducted by Berg and Marques [8] reveals that the topic of the influence of water utilities ownership and management on performance and cost efficiency is one of the most studied by scholars.…”

Section: Private Vs Public Ownership And/or Management Of Water Provmentioning

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Are Public-Private Partnerships a Source of Greater Efficiency in Water Supply? Results of a Non-Parametric Performance Analysis Relating to the Italian Industry

Storto

2013

Water

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This article reports the outcome of a performance study of the water service provision industry in Italy. The study evaluates the efficiency of 21 "private or public-private" equity and 32 "public" equity water service operators and investigates controlling factors. In particular, the influence that the operator typology and service management nature -private vs. public -has on efficiency is assessed. The study employed a two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis methodology. In the first stage, the operational efficiency of water supply operators is calculated by implementing a conventional BCC DEA model, that uses both physical infrastructure and financial input and output variables to explore economies of scale. In the second stage, bootstrapped DEA and Tobit regression are performed to estimate the influence that a number of environmental factors have on water supplier efficiency. The results show that the integrated water provision industry in Italy is characterized by operational inefficiencies of service operators, and scale and agglomeration economies may have a not negligible effect on efficiency. In addition, the operator typology and its geographical location affect efficiency.

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Section: Private Vs Public Ownership And/or Management Of Water Provmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are Public-Private Partnerships a Source of Greater Efficiency in Water Supply? Results of a Non-Parametric Performance Analysis Relating to the Italian Industry

Storto

2013

Water

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“…The problem is serious and does not apply only to developing countries. Significant infrastructure related corruption cases have made it to the media and hence public 34 See for instance the collection of papers by Premius et al (2008) but also Walter et al (2009) for water and opinion in various European countries--for instance Germany (the Siemens case) or in Spain (where many infrastructure projects have been used to finance illegally a political party). For the last 5 years, all major aid actors have finally been willing to seriously open their eyes to various forms of corruption that infect the infrastructure sector.…”

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Infrastructure Policy for Shared Growth Post-2008: More and Better, or Simply More Complex?

Estache¹

2012

Ascent After Decline

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“…The infrastructure can only be changed partly and adopted to new conditions as it is based on mass throughput and stable consumption, so that a transition of the water system cause high instability at the WSCs. Thus, WSCs often use cost strategies (Walter et al, 2009). Central challenges comprise the necessary transition and adaptation to the changed conditions, as the development of a strategy for resource conservation and an efficient resource use (Hanjra and Qureshi, 2010).…”

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Corporate social responsibility representation of the German water-supply and distribution companies: from colourful to barren landscapes

Arnold

2017

IJISD

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Abstract:How is corporate social responsibility (CSR) practiced in line with the ISO 26000 by the German water companies? German water-supply and distribution companies (WSCs) operate in a monopolistic landscape. WSCs are closely interlocked with the agricultural, pharmaceutical and energy sector as well as private households, and are facing changing and increasing water pollution. CSR focuses on the entrepreneurial impacts upon society. Therefore, 110 German WSCs and their CSR representation, like ISO 26000 elements and management tools, were analysed on the basis of content analysis and by means of correlation analysis. The research showed that the ISO 26000 elements, a sustainable energy use and sustainable management systems are just marginally communicated in this sample. Many WSCs do not make CSR credible to public. Yet, there are valuable examples for good CSR practice, like cross compliance, own renewable power generation or extra filtrations.

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Quo vadis efficiency analysis of water distribution? A comparative literature review

Cited by 96 publications

References 42 publications

Are Public-Private Partnerships a Source of Greater Efficiency in Water Supply? Results of a Non-Parametric Performance Analysis Relating to the Italian Industry

Are Public-Private Partnerships a Source of Greater Efficiency in Water Supply? Results of a Non-Parametric Performance Analysis Relating to the Italian Industry

Infrastructure Policy for Shared Growth Post-2008: More and Better, or Simply More Complex?

Corporate social responsibility representation of the German water-supply and distribution companies: from colourful to barren landscapes

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