18.1

Uzbekistan: Review of water supply and sanitation sector

Content

Basic data about the country and sector

Geography

Administrative Divisions and Demographics

Water resources

Surface water resources

The resources of underground waters

Economic situation

The institutional structure of the sector

Analysis of the development of the sector

Coverage of water supply and sanitation

Water main

Development of key performance indicators

The Governments objectives for the Sector Development and the Millennium Development Goals

Government policy and its strategic program

Capital expenditures: current and planned financing of the sector

Capital investments at the expense of external financing

Subsidizing operating costs

Tariff regulation

Taxes

Fixed payments

The pilot tariff policy

Possible sources of financing of current and capital expenditure

Institutional reform

Decentralization

Attempts to privatization

Experience and scope of public-private partnerships

Outsourcing: Developing expertise

Institutional reforms promoting efficiency and sustainability

Enhanced public-private partnership

Major gaps in the professional qualification

Applications      

Appendix 1: Uzbekistan: administrative division of the country

Annex 2: Scope of the centralized water supply systems

Appendix 3: Coverage of centralized sewage systems

Appendix 4: List of existing and planned projects

Appendix 5: Tariffs for water supply and sanitation