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A Better Metro Manila?Reclaiming Public Services: Giving Back Ownership and Control of Water Services to the Public Sector

A Better Metro Manila?: Reclaiming Public Services: Giving Back Ownership and Control of Water... [In the 1980s, it was argued that privatization was to be the cure-all for governments lacking the needed resources to modernize social service deliveries like water, and that the private sector would be in a better position than the government to provide for this. Given this backdrop, the Philippine government in 1997 privatized Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), its publicly-owned water service provided for Metro Manila. The provision of water was given to two private water concessionaires, Maynilad and Manila Water which failed to deliver on their promises. The Philippine experience is mirrored in other areas of the world which have led toward a movement for local governments to reclaim water as a public service. Because of this, several alternatives to water privatization have emerged, which include the following: (1) Public/non-profit partnerships (PuNPP) or co-privatization; (2) Single non-profit agencies (SiNPs); and (3) Deprivatization and/or remunicipalization.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Better Metro Manila?Reclaiming Public Services: Giving Back Ownership and Control of Water Services to the Public Sector

Editors: Tadem, Teresa S. Encarnacion; Atienza, Maria Ela L.
Tadem, Eduardo C.; Tadem, Teresa S. Encarnacion
A Better Metro Manila? — Mar 1, 2023
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Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
ISBN
978-981-19-7803-6
Pages
291 –323
DOI
10.1007/978-981-19-7804-3_9
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Abstract

[In the 1980s, it was argued that privatization was to be the cure-all for governments lacking the needed resources to modernize social service deliveries like water, and that the private sector would be in a better position than the government to provide for this. Given this backdrop, the Philippine government in 1997 privatized Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), its publicly-owned water service provided for Metro Manila. The provision of water was given to two private water concessionaires, Maynilad and Manila Water which failed to deliver on their promises. The Philippine experience is mirrored in other areas of the world which have led toward a movement for local governments to reclaim water as a public service. Because of this, several alternatives to water privatization have emerged, which include the following: (1) Public/non-profit partnerships (PuNPP) or co-privatization; (2) Single non-profit agencies (SiNPs); and (3) Deprivatization and/or remunicipalization.]

Published: Mar 1, 2023

Keywords: Water privatization; Maynilad; Manila water; Remunicipalization; Philippines

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