On Equity in India's Water Supply Public-Private Partnerships

Swann Bommier () and Cécile Renouard ()
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Swann Bommier: ESSEC Business School, Postal: 1 AVENUE BERNARD HIRSCH, CS 50105 CERGY, 95021 CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX, FRANCE, http://www.essec.edu/
Cécile Renouard: ESSEC Business School, Postal: 1 AVENUE BERNARD HIRSCH, CS 50105 CERGY, 95021 CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX, FRANCE, http://www.essec.edu/

No WP1411, ESSEC Working Papers from ESSEC Research Center, ESSEC Business School

Abstract: This article studies the implementation of a public-private partnership (PPP) in the water supply sector in Nagpur (Maharashtra, India). Drawing upon the capability approach and the concept of disadvantage, we define equity as the need to focus on the worse-off. Based on extensive field-research, we explain how the access to water is currently characterized by patronage relations and institutional discriminatory practices that perpetuate categorical inequalities. Addressing equity concerns in a PPP therefore requires questioning the existing power relations to clearly prioritize the worse-off. Our research argues that international law might be used to promote equitable processes in urban infrastructure, beyond today's focus on technical accounts and efficiency debates.

Keywords: India; equity; disadvantage; public-private partnership; categorical inequalities; JNNURM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L33 N55 Q25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30 pages
Date: 2014-06
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