Public-Private Partnership in the Water and Wastewater Industry

The Public-Private þpartnership þin the þwater þand þwastewater þindustry þis þremarkably þimportant þfor þdeveloping þcountries. þIn þparticular, þþattention must be paid þto þfulfill þthe þinterests þof þboth þprivate and public sectors, þthis þmust also þbe þreflected þin þthe þcontracts. þAlthough, þincreasing þthe þefficiency þand þimproving þthe þquality þof þservices þis þone þof þthe þimportant þreasons þfor þcooperation þwith þthe þprivate þsector, þþimproving financial þflows þand þincreasing þinvestment þis þthe þmost þimportant þreason þfor þthese þtypes þof þcooperation þagreements. þPublic-private þpartnership þin þthe þwater þand þwastewater þindustry þis þbeing þdesigned þand þimplemented þin þdifferent þparts þof þthe þworld þand þvarious þresults þhave þbeen þachieved. Reviewing þthe þimplementation þmodels þof þthis þtype þof þpartnership þin þdifferent þcountries þand þanalyzing þtheir þstrengths þand þweaknesses þcan þbe þimportant þin þdesigning þa þsuitable þmodel þfor þIran. þIn þthis þresearch, þpublic-private þpartnership þmodels þin þsome þdeveloping þcountries þin þAsia, þAfrica, þand þLatin þAmerica þare þreviewed þby þthe þsurvey þmethod þand þ þappropriate þrecommendations þare proposed for the þpublic-private þpartnership þin þIran.