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Strategic planning for water utilities in developing countries
journal contribution
posted on 2013-02-06, 12:14 authored by Josses Mugabi, Sam KayagaSam Kayaga, Cyrus NjiruA common feature of public water utilities in developing countries is their lack of a commercial orientation. As a result, many utilities find themselves locked in a cycle of poor corporate performance - with low coverage of services, huge amounts of non-revenue water and insufficient funding for maintenance and expansion. Strategic planning in such turbulent times should be relevant, cost-effective and transforming. This paper discusses a strategic planning framework to assist utilities in developing meaningful and useful performance improvement plans. Recent application of this framework in Africa has demonstrated its relevancy, cost-effectiveness and potential to transform poorly performing water utilities.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
MUGABI, J., KAYAGA, S. and NJIRU, C., 2007. Strategic planning for water utilities in developing countries. Utilities Policy, 15 (1), pp.1-8.Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2007Notes
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in the journal Utilities Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2006.10.001ISBN
0957-1787Publisher version
Language
- en