Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators

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Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo; Lentini, Emilio J.; Mercadier, Augusto C.; Romero, Carlos Adrián
Año de publicación
2014
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The purpose of this paper is to assess the comparative efficiency of Brazil's water and sanitation sector. We run a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model for a panel of 127 providers covering more than 70 percent of the country's urban population in the period 2003–2010. We use a database built on the National System of Sanitation Statistics (SNIS). The model is fitting and shows a modest efficiency average. The study has policy implications in the discussion of state-level run v. municipal-level run, government-owned v. private-provision, and corporatized providers v. dependent ones. The optimal industrial organization of the sector is discussed from the efficiency perspective. We find that regional and micro-regional firms' have lower costs than municipal providers. Administrative independence seems not relevant when explaining the cost structure, but ownership is. The joint provision of water and sanitation results in higher fixed costs compared to water-only operators. We find that there are not regional differences in cost structures. However, there are slight variations in the efficiency levels and in their dispersion in each region. Finally, inefficiency decreased at a rate of 4.9 percent per year during the time frame under study.
Fil: Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lentini, Emilio J.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia
Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Carlos Adrián. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina
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Efficiency
Water Sector
Brazil
Public-Private
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spelling Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operatorsFerro, Gustavo AdolfoLentini, Emilio J.Mercadier, Augusto C.Romero, Carlos AdriánEfficiencyWater SectorBrazilPublic-Privatehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The purpose of this paper is to assess the comparative efficiency of Brazil's water and sanitation sector. We run a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model for a panel of 127 providers covering more than 70 percent of the country's urban population in the period 2003–2010. We use a database built on the National System of Sanitation Statistics (SNIS). The model is fitting and shows a modest efficiency average. The study has policy implications in the discussion of state-level run v. municipal-level run, government-owned v. private-provision, and corporatized providers v. dependent ones. The optimal industrial organization of the sector is discussed from the efficiency perspective. We find that regional and micro-regional firms' have lower costs than municipal providers. Administrative independence seems not relevant when explaining the cost structure, but ownership is. The joint provision of water and sanitation results in higher fixed costs compared to water-only operators. We find that there are not regional differences in cost structures. However, there are slight variations in the efficiency levels and in their dispersion in each region. Finally, inefficiency decreased at a rate of 4.9 percent per year during the time frame under study.Fil: Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Lentini, Emilio J.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; FranciaFil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Romero, Carlos Adrián. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; ArgentinaElsevier2014-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/34848Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo; Lentini, Emilio J.; Mercadier, Augusto C.; Romero, Carlos Adrián; Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators; Elsevier; Utilities Policy; 28; 1-2014; 42-510957-1787CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095717871300074Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jup.2013.12.001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2026-04-15T10:18:36Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/34848instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982026-04-15 10:18:36.639CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
title Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
spellingShingle Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
Efficiency
Water Sector
Brazil
Public-Private
title_short Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
title_full Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
title_fullStr Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
title_full_unstemmed Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
title_sort Efficiency in Brazil's water and sanitation sector and its relationship with regional provision, property and the independence of operators
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
Lentini, Emilio J.
Mercadier, Augusto C.
Romero, Carlos Adrián
author Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
author_facet Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
Lentini, Emilio J.
Mercadier, Augusto C.
Romero, Carlos Adrián
author_role author
author2 Lentini, Emilio J.
Mercadier, Augusto C.
Romero, Carlos Adrián
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Efficiency
Water Sector
Brazil
Public-Private
topic Efficiency
Water Sector
Brazil
Public-Private
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The purpose of this paper is to assess the comparative efficiency of Brazil's water and sanitation sector. We run a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model for a panel of 127 providers covering more than 70 percent of the country's urban population in the period 2003–2010. We use a database built on the National System of Sanitation Statistics (SNIS). The model is fitting and shows a modest efficiency average. The study has policy implications in the discussion of state-level run v. municipal-level run, government-owned v. private-provision, and corporatized providers v. dependent ones. The optimal industrial organization of the sector is discussed from the efficiency perspective. We find that regional and micro-regional firms' have lower costs than municipal providers. Administrative independence seems not relevant when explaining the cost structure, but ownership is. The joint provision of water and sanitation results in higher fixed costs compared to water-only operators. We find that there are not regional differences in cost structures. However, there are slight variations in the efficiency levels and in their dispersion in each region. Finally, inefficiency decreased at a rate of 4.9 percent per year during the time frame under study.
Fil: Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lentini, Emilio J.. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias. Centro de Estudios Transdisciplinarios del Agua; Argentina. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Francia
Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Carlos Adrián. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina
description The purpose of this paper is to assess the comparative efficiency of Brazil's water and sanitation sector. We run a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model for a panel of 127 providers covering more than 70 percent of the country's urban population in the period 2003–2010. We use a database built on the National System of Sanitation Statistics (SNIS). The model is fitting and shows a modest efficiency average. The study has policy implications in the discussion of state-level run v. municipal-level run, government-owned v. private-provision, and corporatized providers v. dependent ones. The optimal industrial organization of the sector is discussed from the efficiency perspective. We find that regional and micro-regional firms' have lower costs than municipal providers. Administrative independence seems not relevant when explaining the cost structure, but ownership is. The joint provision of water and sanitation results in higher fixed costs compared to water-only operators. We find that there are not regional differences in cost structures. However, there are slight variations in the efficiency levels and in their dispersion in each region. Finally, inefficiency decreased at a rate of 4.9 percent per year during the time frame under study.
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