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Challenges of balancing commercial objectives with equitable service delivery in Cabo Verde

IWRA - 1st ISLANDS WATER CONGRESS
Special Session (SS2): Freshwater and Islands: A SIDS perspective
Author(s): Helen Deise Barbosa
Helen Deise Barbosa, Södertörns University, Sweden
Oral: PDF

Abstract

Commercial principles a number of relevant elements:

  1. Costs of providing services ( operational costs of water services provision and the capital (investment) costs)
  2. Revenue that is generated by the water utility (tariffs, taxes and transfers)
  3. Time period over which the cost are to be recovered
  4. Characteristic of the market (generate revenue from water sales to consumers)
  5. Bio-physical and governance context (influences the costs of abstracting, treating and distributing water) and legal requirements
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