Managing Water for All.

Cover -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Background Materials -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- The benefits of strategic financial planning for water supply and sanitation -- Tariffs: reconciling different policy objectives -- How to best harness the capabilities of public and private actors for water supply and sanitation services -- Economic instruments to promote sustainable water use for agriculture -- Notes -- Introduction -- Overview -- Structure of the report -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Setting the Stage -- The economic backbone of water policies -- Current water policy challenges -- The evolution of the policy debate -- Notes -- Annex 1.A1: Projected Expenditures on Water and Wastewater Services -- Annex 1.A2: A Brief History of International Conferences on Water -- References -- Chapter 2: Financing Water and Sanitation Services: Key Challenges and the Way Forward -- Financing water supply and sanitation: redefining the perspective on the problem -- Strategic financial planning: policy options to reduce costs -- Strategic financial planning: policy options to increase revenue from the 3Ts -- Policy dialogue on WSS financing: good practices from OECD and developing countries -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Water Services: The Central Role of Tariffs -- The 2007-08 OECD survey: main trends and data limitations -- Pricing "water": the challenge of multiple objectives -- Tariff structures to address the policy trade-offs -- Pricing sanitation and wastewater management: a special challenge -- Notes -- Annex 3.A1: Comparison of Data from GWI Surveys and the World Bank IB-Net Database for EECCA Countries and BRIICS -- Annex 3.A2: Criteria Matrix for Assessment of Tariff Structures -- References -- Chapter 4: Beyond Money: The Roles of Governments and Private Actors in Water Services.

Trends in private sector involvement in water supply and sanitation: new actors, new responsibilities -- Government responsibilities: the need for clarity -- Beyond public and private roles: the key elements for successful private sector participation -- Private responsibilities: the elements of responsible business conduct -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Managing Water Resources in the Agricultural Sector -- Recent trends and outlook -- OECD policy experiences and options for sustainable water resource management in agriculture -- Notes -- References.

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