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“Look Before You Leap”: Lessons from Urban Water Sector Reforms in Ghana.
- Source :
- Journal of Asian & African Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.); Dec2015, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p683-701, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- The article is primarily a case study of the use of a management contract for the reform of urban water in Ghana and addresses two main questions: (1) is contractualism suitable for the reform of urban water sector activities in developing countries; (2) under what conditions can contracting actually promote efficiency in the water sector? The findings point to answers for both questions. First, contractualism is a defective tool for reforming the politically sensitive water sector. Second, in order for contractualism to actually promote efficiency, certain fundamental conditions − context, agency task specificity and creative adaptation − must be adequately addressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MUNICIPAL water supply
MANAGEMENT
SOCIAL history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219096
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Asian & African Studies (Sage Publications, Ltd.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 111388355
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909614541077