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Issue #1
handshake
IFC’s quarterly journal on public-private partnerships
In this issue
small-scale: Small water supply systems
urban water: Water concessions in Colombia
irrigation: Strengthening private sector participation
interview: Water Resources Group’s Anders Berntell
WATER
ppps
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Australia • Austria • Brazil • Canada • Catalonia (Spain) • Flanders (Belgium) • France • Ireland • Italy •
Japan • Kuwait • Netherlands • Norway • Sweden • Switzerland • United Kingdom • United States • Public-Private
Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) • Global Partnership for Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) • Private Infrastructure
Development Group (PIDG) • African Development Bank • Asian Development Bank • Brazilian Development Bank
(BNDES) • Caribbean Development Bank • Central American Bank for Economic Integration • European Investment
Bank • European Bank fo
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IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Australia • Austria • Braz
Letter from IFC IFC is in the business of improv
Features 21 Small-scale Sma
48 Irrigation Investing in irrigation | 44 Reinv
Contributors 15 Miria
Luis Andrés is a Senior Economist in the World Ba
PERSPECTIVE WATER,WATER EVERYWHERE Fo
Water, water everywhere/Nor any drop to drink,” w
ily borne out by the facts. In a sample of 1,200
APA Nova provides water to the Municipality of B
T EN years WATER PPPs By Edouard Perard
Private-sector participation in water by number o
and Mexico, which implemented 45, 29, 12, and nin
The opening of China to private participation in
VIDEO | WATER: PRICE IT RIGHT, USE IT WELL The O
MYTHBUSTERS By Nico Saporiti 1
2 ...THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE F
4 PPPs INVARIABLY RESULT IN H
Small-scale water infrastructure program 18 | I
SMALL-SCALE In small towns and rural areas of
within close proximity to one another allowed for
The Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA
Photo © GPOBA An innovative GPOBA project is i
SMALL-SCALE Private small water supply systems
SMALL-SCALE WaterHealth International WaterHea
MONEY TALKS The death of PFI credits By Jeff De
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INTERVIEW THINKING OUTSIDE the BUCKET
You have had an extensive career in the water sec
How does the WRG reach beyond the traditional pla
URBAN WATER myth vs fact Private sector parti
The Latin America and Caribbean region has the hi
URBAN WATER By Cathy Russell Informal settlem
VIDEO: IMPROVING LIVES IN MOROCCO The OBA approac
URBAN WATER BUCHAREST WATER & SANITATION For de
transactions in Europe. In the decade since this
By Luis A. Andrés, David Sislen & Philippe Marin
URBAN WATER The case of CARTAGENA About 30 pe
THE INDUSTRY behind the tap Nelson Beete has been
How did you get your start work- ing in the water
contracts need to be written in a manner that’s f
“ We had to manage expectations: Keep the politic
From time to time we just do performance as- sess
LEGALEASE Legal & regulatory issues in PPPs By
Investing in IRRIGATION Strengthening private sec
IRRIGATION PPPs in irrigation have a limited t
continued from page 44 HOW TO IMPROVE IRRIGATION
ducts, diversion weirs, and canals, and less on i
IRRIGATION Reinventing rural farming The
IRRIGATION WATER changes EVERYTHING Almost a
Recurring droughts force Moroccan farmers to rely
The perimeter of Guerdane, in the Moroccan provin
Photo © Nico Saporiti Wh
Wastewater from agro-industrial applications is a
IRRIGATION PPPs in irrigation eLearning By Cliv
IRRIGATION PILOTING PROGRESS Irrigation in Zambi
Not all wastewater is the same. Yet in many cit-
WATER RAIN SOLAR ROOF GREEN ROOF R
IRRIGATION Small farmers, BIG DREAMS Grow
Tier
Thirsting for change Phot
Misunderstanding and strong opinions are not limi
FAST FACTS The amount of water on Earth: 326,
“ The water problems of our world need not
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