Talk:Water supply and sanitation in Nicaragua

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[edit] Private vs. Decentralize

Hi Mschiffler. Thanks for the great article. I had a couple questions. Since I am new to this stuff can you tell me what "Decentralization", "Privatization", "Reform" in the context of this article. I think it could be added to the artivel to help claify for laypeople

Thanks for clarifying my edits from yesterday.--Agrofe 13:12, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Decentralization in the context of public utilities means that responsibility for service provision is transferred from a national-level public utility such as INAA to municipal or provincial/regional/municipal utilities or directly to municipalities. This is different from the issue of whether the utility is publicly or privately managed. Private sector participation or Public-private partnership means that the private sector takes over certain (but not all) responsibilities related to service provision, which could range from the simple contracting-out of certain functions such as meter reading or billing (service contracts) to full concessions where the private partner manages the entire operation, but ownership still remains public. All this is different from privatization, when assets are sold to the private sector and ownership is transferred. Privatization in water and sanitation is very rare - it occurred only in England, Wales and Chile. Reform can mean all or some of the above, depending on the context.--Mschiffler 14:51, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, now I am clearer (makes sense). The article implies reform (which I understand to be change) and decentralization are intrinsicly better (though it could be the way I am reading it). If I am reading it correctly, should we be making this implication here? Is decentralization better? --Agrofe 15:13, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:NI C$500 2002.JPG

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing this up. Image removed.--Mschiffler (talk) 02:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)