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POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CONTRACTUAL DISPUTES IN PRIVATE WATER AND SANITATION:LESSONS FROM ARGENTINA
Author(s) -
Dagdeviren Hulya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of public and cooperative economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-8292
pISSN - 1370-4788
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2010.00428.x
Subject(s) - sanitation , settlement (finance) , politics , government (linguistics) , political science , investment (military) , welfare economics , economy , business , public administration , economics , finance , law , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , payment , environmental engineering
** : This paper examines the causes of the contractual disputes in the water and sanitation sectors and the resulting reversal of the privatization process. The evidence has been gathered from four major case studies in Argentina. The discussion is based on the evidence contained in the legal submissions made by the Government of Argentina and the disputing companies to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. The findings of the paper offer important lessons for the design and management of similar contracts for other countries.