Metro Manila’s Water Public-Private Partnership: Take-aways of a Regulator

Event: Lessons from the Philippines' Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office

Metro Manila’s Water Public-Private Partnership: Take-aways of a Regulator

11 July 2017

Author / Speaker:

Joel Yu, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System - Other materials by the author

Joel Yu, chief regulator of the Philippines' Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) shared lessons gained from implementing public-private partnerships (PPP). He cited several issues and regulatory challenges the MWSS-RO encountered, as well as the ways the office responded to these hurdles. This presentation details his take-aways as a regulator of water concession agreements in one of the fast growing mega-cities in Asia.

Geographical Focus:

Philippines

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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