This paper highlights the problems for operation and maintenance in Latin America, where changes to an adjustment policy have not been reflected by a corresponding change of the institutional framework of the sector.
| Title | Operation and maintenance of water projects and services in Latin America |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1991 |
| Authors | Planas, A |
| Pagination | p. 228-234 |
| Date Published | 1991-01-01 |
| Keywords | institutional development, maintenance, manpower development, operation, projects, water distribution |
| Abstract | This paper highlights the problems for operation and maintenance in Latin America, where changes to an adjustment policy have not been reflected by a corresponding change of the institutional framework of the sector. It is suggested that there are two ways to address the problem: a. transfer institutional operations fairly rapidly (i.e. to the private sector); b. carry out a radical modification of the sector (jett soning many institutions). The change in policy it is predicted will also be reflected by a change in Latin America's water consumers' attitudes to water. |
| Notes | Paper originally presented at the United Nations Seminar on the Mobilization of Resournces for Development and the Optimum Allocation of Water Resources and Their Conservation, Merida, Venezuela, 3-7 December 1990 |
| Custom 1 | 202.6, 827 |
