Strategy and Performance of Water Supply and Sanitation Providers - Unesco-Ihe Phd Thesis

Informationen zum Autor Marco Schouten received his Masters in Business Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (1994). Followed by an international management consultancy career for almost ten years. Notably, he worked for Ernst & Young Management Consultants for almost three years in South America, and for Royal Haskoning Consulting Engineers he stayed for almost three years in Egypt. He joined UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft in 2003. At this institute, Marco is senior lecturer and deputy head of the Management and Institutions department. He is involved in a variety of tasks from education to acquisition, scientific research and consultancy assignments. Klappentext Analyzes the effects of neo-liberal institutional changes on the strategies and performances of water providers. This book concludes that neo-liberal institutional changes matter for the strategies of water providers! but that no conclusion can be reached with respect to performance effects. Zusammenfassung Analyzes the effects of neo-liberal institutional changes on the strategies and performances of water providers. This book concludes that neo-liberal institutional changes matter for the strategies of water providers, but that no conclusion can be reached with respect to performance effects. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: Introduction to Water Supply and Sanitation Sector, Neo-Liberalism. PART II: Research Design: Objectives and Approach, Analytical Framework. PART III: Analysis: Institutional Dynamics, Institutions and the Strategic Context, Plans and Actions of WSS Providers; Performance, Institutions and Strategic Actions. PART IV: Synthesis

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• Authors: Marco Schouten, Marco (Unesco-Ihe Institute for Water Ed Schouten, Schouten Marco
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2010
• EAN: 9780415551298
• ISBN: 978-0-415-55129-8
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building