This study concentrates on the reform experience of the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation (GWSC) which is responsible for the provision of urban water supply. In 1986 an attempt was made to make GWSC a self-financing institution.
| Title | Urban water supply : Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Amis, P |
| Secondary Title | The role of government in adjusting economies |
| Volume | no. 21 |
| Pagination | 59 p. : 15 tab. |
| Date Published | 1998-01-01 |
| Publisher | University of Birmingham, School of Public Policy |
| Place Published | Birmingham, UK |
| ISBN Number | 0704418835 |
| Keywords | ghana, government organizations, institutional development, private sector, research, sdiafr, sdipol, sdiurb, tariffs, urban areas, water authorities, water supply |
| Abstract | This study concentrates on the reform experience of the Ghana Water and Sewerage Corporation (GWSC) which is responsible for the provision of urban water supply. In 1986 an attempt was made to make GWSC a self-financing institution. The process to increase private sector involvement, in the form of a concession, was stalled by the 1996 general election. GWSC's performance has not been satisfactory and has consistently been handicapped by an inability to raise water tariffs. Nevertheless there have been some improvements in terms of other performance indicators (unaccounted for water, connection per '000, overall staffing and the operating ratio), while the finance situation has deteriorated. Although, in a technical sense, the state would be able to monitor regulation of a privatized service, there is little political support for reform in Ghana. |
| Notes | 31 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 824, 202.2 |
