Water Privatization
Privatisation and restructuring of water supply in Russia and Ukraine
by
David Hall and Vladimir Popov
d.j.hall@gre.ac.uk , v.popov@gre.ac.uk
January 2005
Commissioned by PSI for regional meeting on water and energy Moscow February 2005
Preface by David Boys, PSI 2
Executive summary and introduction 3
1. Russia and Ukraine: water sector policy issues and case studies 3
1.1. Global context 3
1.2. Multinationals and international institutions in Russia and Ukraine 4
1.3. Water issues and problems 4
1.4. Financial issues and the advantages of public sector borrowing 5
1.5. Legal developments 6
1.6. Case studies and experiences 6
1.6.1. Russia: rapid and risky privatisations 6
1.6.2. Russia: St Petersburg twinning 7
1.6.3. Ukraine: World Bank project in Lviv 7
1.6.4. Ukraine: EBRD and Zaporizhzhia 8
1.6.5. Ukraine: campaign against EBRD privatisation in Odessa 8
1.7. Comments and policy issues 8
2. International institutions 9
2.1. OECD 10
2.2. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 10
2.3. World Bank 10
2.4. International Finance Corporation (IFC) 11
2.5. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 11
2.6. EU 11
3. Companies 11
3.1. International water companies 11
3.1.1. Suez 11
3.1.2. Veolia 12
3.1.3. SAUR 12
3.1.4. Severn Trent 12
3.1.5. Acea 13
3.1.6. EVN (WTE Wassertechnik) 13
3.2. Russian water companies 13
3.2.1. Russian Communal Systems (RKS) 13
3.2.2. Russian Communal Investments (RKI) 14
3.2.3. Rosvodokanal (Alfa Eco) 15
3.2.4. Novogor-Prikamye 15
3.3. Relations between multinational water companies and Russian/Ukrainian companies 16
4. Annexe 1: projects 17
4.1. EBRD: projects in environmental services, Russia and former Soviet Union countries. 17
4.2. World Bank projects in water and wastewater in Russia, Ukraine and NIS 17
4.3. PPIAF projects 19
4.4. PPC projects 19
4.5. IFI...
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