Paul Seidenstat
Paul Seidenstat is Associate
Professor of Economics at Temple
University, Philadelphia, USA. He is a
specialist in public finance, public
management and water resources. He
is a co-author of Reinventing Water and
Wastewater Systems: Global Lessons for
Improving Management (John Wiley
and Sons, 2002), and America’s Water
and Wastewater Industries: Competition
and Privatization (Public Utilities
Reports, Inc., 2000). Dr Seidenstat
has also co-edited five other books on
the use of economic incentives to
improve the provision of public
services. He has conducted several
research projects for US federal
government agencies and served in
local government as a finance director
and financial advisor.
Papers Published in World Economics:
Global Challenges of Providing Water and Wastewater Services
A key problem of water is the provision of a safe water supply for domestic use.
Given the characteristics of water as a commodity, the general misuse of the
pricing mechanism, and the economics of developing and operating water and
wastewater systems, governments are faced with the challenge of organizing
operating systems. The goal is to maximize connections at a reasonable cost and
acceptable quality. Developing countries, especially in Asia and Africa, have
much work to do to achieve modern water systems. Effective utilization of
private water producers may be the most cost-effective approach for many
countries.
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