Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America

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Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo; Lentini, Emilio J.; Mercadier, Augusto C.; Romero, Carlos A.
Año de publicación
2011
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Most countries around the world are strongly debating ways to yield more equitable access and a more efficient provision. One issue linked to efficiency is the achievement of scale economies in the industry and the optimal dimension of water and sanitation providers. Changes in the industrial structure of the sector, through mergers in highly atomized services, the breakup of very concentrated services, or the property discussion (private versus public) are major issues. These decisions have often become politicized because of the social complexity of the sector. Empirical findings of the different models reveal the existence of increasing returns to scale in Latin American water provision based on an ADERASA database (a 2005 cross section of 90 providers in 14 countries). The study of returns to scale incorporates a technical argument into the discussion because–as our study suggests–the prescription could be to agglomerate small providers.
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
Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Carlos A.. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina
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sanitation
scale
Latin America
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
title Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
spellingShingle Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
water
sanitation
scale
Latin America
title_short Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
title_full Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
title_fullStr Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
title_sort Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
Lentini, Emilio J.
Mercadier, Augusto C.
Romero, Carlos A.
author Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
author_facet Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
Lentini, Emilio J.
Mercadier, Augusto C.
Romero, Carlos A.
author_role author
author2 Lentini, Emilio J.
Mercadier, Augusto C.
Romero, Carlos A.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv water
sanitation
scale
Latin America
topic water
sanitation
scale
Latin America
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Most countries around the world are strongly debating ways to yield more equitable access and a more efficient provision. One issue linked to efficiency is the achievement of scale economies in the industry and the optimal dimension of water and sanitation providers. Changes in the industrial structure of the sector, through mergers in highly atomized services, the breakup of very concentrated services, or the property discussion (private versus public) are major issues. These decisions have often become politicized because of the social complexity of the sector. Empirical findings of the different models reveal the existence of increasing returns to scale in Latin American water provision based on an ADERASA database (a 2005 cross section of 90 providers in 14 countries). The study of returns to scale incorporates a technical argument into the discussion because–as our study suggests–the prescription could be to agglomerate small providers.
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
Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Carlos A.. Universidad Argentina de la Empresa. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía; Argentina
description Most countries around the world are strongly debating ways to yield more equitable access and a more efficient provision. One issue linked to efficiency is the achievement of scale economies in the industry and the optimal dimension of water and sanitation providers. Changes in the industrial structure of the sector, through mergers in highly atomized services, the breakup of very concentrated services, or the property discussion (private versus public) are major issues. These decisions have often become politicized because of the social complexity of the sector. Empirical findings of the different models reveal the existence of increasing returns to scale in Latin American water provision based on an ADERASA database (a 2005 cross section of 90 providers in 14 countries). The study of returns to scale incorporates a technical argument into the discussion because–as our study suggests–the prescription could be to agglomerate small providers.
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Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo; Lentini, Emilio J.; Mercadier, Augusto C.; Romero, Carlos A.; Returns to scale in water and sanitation: estimates for Latin America; Inventi; Inventi Rapid; 1; 1; 4-2011; 1-8
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