Intergovernmental Transfers for Environmental Infrastructure : Lessons from Armenia, the Russian Federation and Ukraine.

This report draws on three detailed case studies in Eastern Europe, the Caucases and Central Asia (EECCA), and on the experience of OECD countries to provide guidance on how transfers from central budgets to local authorities could be designed to finance environmental infrastructures in transition economies. Ideally, the costs of water supply and sanitation should be covered by user charges. However, the high investment costs and associated affordability constraints mean that governments have an essential role to play in financing water services in EECCA and other regions. The report investiga.  Read more...