To browse Academia. This book proposes a synthesis of several of the works carried out for the research program, as well as a comparison with other works treating a similar problem. It combines academic contributions as well as analyses by operational actors involved in reflections on how the sector evolves. The choice of the water and sanitation sector was motivated by the particular difficulty of funding investments that show little profit, when compared to telecommunications or electricity for instance, and by the highly sensitive political question of access to this particularly essential good water rights; conflicts related to water management.
The objective of this work is thus to retrace the dynamics of reflecting upon the role of private actors. It shows the great diversity of situations as well as the viewpoint of the actors concerning the contributions of, and the problems created by, these in It has been estimated that by 1.
This, however, is not necessarily a consequence of a physical lack of water. It has been highlighted repeatedly, that the real cause of water scarcity is an economic lack of it, meaning that water scarcity occurs through mismanagement.
Faulty water management structures can often be traced back to the political forces that are responsible for them, such as incompetent or corrupt governments.
There have been repeated attempts to solve the persistent problems of a lack in efficiency and equality in water access by commercializing the utility and privatizing it. Both public and private management structures have their advantages and drawbacks, but when considering how a depoliticized water supply system could be established, privatization is the only option.
