Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking

Tynan, Nicola; Kingdom, Bill

Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking

Using data from 270 water and sanitation providers, this Note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is driven in part by the assumption that this will make providers more responsive to customers' needs. But findings reported here suggest that smaller municipalities may face higher per-customer costs and could lower costs (and prices for consumers) by merging.

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Main Authors:	Tynan, Nicola, Kingdom, Bill
Format:	Viewpoint biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2005-01
Subjects:	BENCHMARKING, COMMUNITIES, CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE, COST SAVINGS, DATA SETS, DECENTRALIZATION, DISECONOMIES, DISECONOMIES OF SCALE, ECONOMICS, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, INCOME, INEFFICIENCY, MUNICIPALITIES, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC POLICY, RETURNS TO SCALE, SANITATION, SCALE ECONOMIES, SCALE EFFECTS, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVISION, TOTAL COSTS, URBAN AREAS, UTILITIES, WATER SERVICES, WATER SUPPLY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628543/optimal-size-utilities http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11235
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spelling	dig-okr-10986112352021-04-23T14:02:54Z Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking Tynan, Nicola Kingdom, Bill BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY Using data from 270 water and sanitation providers, this Note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is driven in part by the assumption that this will make providers more responsive to customers' needs. But findings reported here suggest that smaller municipalities may face higher per-customer costs and could lower costs (and prices for consumers) by merging. 2012-08-13T14:31:15Z 2012-08-13T14:31:15Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/5628543/optimal-size-utilities Viewpoint. -- Note no. 283 (January 2005) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11235 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic	BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY Tynan, Nicola Kingdom, Bill Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
description	Using data from 270 water and sanitation providers, this Note investigates the relationship between a utility's size and its operating costs. The current trend toward transferring responsibility for providing services to the municipal level is driven in part by the assumption that this will make providers more responsive to customers' needs. But findings reported here suggest that smaller municipalities may face higher per-customer costs and could lower costs (and prices for consumers) by merging.
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topic_facet	BENCHMARKING COMMUNITIES CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COST SAVINGS DATA SETS DECENTRALIZATION DISECONOMIES DISECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES INCOME INEFFICIENCY MUNICIPALITIES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICY RETURNS TO SCALE SANITATION SCALE ECONOMIES SCALE EFFECTS SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION TOTAL COSTS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY
author	Tynan, Nicola Kingdom, Bill
author_facet	Tynan, Nicola Kingdom, Bill
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title	Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_short	Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_full	Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_fullStr	Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_full_unstemmed	Optimal Size for Utilities? Returns to Scale in Water: Evidence from Benchmarking
title_sort	optimal size for utilities? returns to scale in water: evidence from benchmarking
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2005-01
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