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Public-Private Partnerships in Kenya’s Water Sector Management

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Water governance; Water management; Water reforms

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Public-private partnerships is a form of management in which the government teams up with a private sector to deliver public goods and services. The partnerships may be in terms of shared responsibility, outsourced, joint-venture, leases, or even shared contributions as either jointly agreed or as per the terms of contract.

Introduction

The provision of clean and safe water is both a human right and means to reducing poverty. Access to clean and safe water was one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG) intended to facilitate reduction of poverty by 2015. The World Bank (Botting et al. 2010) observed that poor access to water supply often resulted from poor policies and management practices. As a means to enhancing access to safe water, Kenya introduced various management reforms in the water sector. Public-private partnership (PPP) became one of the outcomes of the reforms in the management of water sector.

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  1. Department of Political Science & Public Administration, University of Nairobi, 30197, Nairobi, Kenya

    Joseph Okeyo Obosi

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Obosi, J.O. (2017). Public-Private Partnerships in Kenya’s Water Sector Management. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3356-1

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