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Can regional cooperation deliver private investments for the water and sanitation sector in the Carribean?
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posted on 2008-11-04, 16:49 authored by Norline A. Martin, M. Sohail (Khan)Attracting private investment to the water and sanitation sector presupposes clear policy
guidelines, a supportive legal framework and good regulatory governance. A multiple-case
study strategy informed by interviews and documents was used to examine the operating
environment in the water and sanitation sectors of Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and
Tobago. The aim of the paper is to identify opportunities for regional cooperation to improve the
operating environment for private investment in the Caribbean water and sanitation sector. The
paper finds that sharing knowledge and experiences, overcoming capacity/capability
constraints, providing centralised services in areas such as regulation, harmonising regional
standards, and building alliances to strengthen bargaining power are practical ways of
improving the operating environment for private investment in the Caribbean water and
sanitation sector.
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MARTIN, N.A. and SOHAIL, M., 2005. Can regional cooperation deliver private investments for the water and sanitation sector in the Carribean? Social and Economic Studies, 54 (4), pp. 42-69Publisher
© Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic StudiesPublication date
2005Notes
This article was published in the journal, Social and Economic Studies [© Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies]. Furtherd details of thisjournal are available from: http://salises.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/pub/sesinfo.htmlISSN
0037-7651Language
- en
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