Performance Based Contracts Pbc For Improving Utilities Efficiency

Author : Philippe Marin,Tom Williams,Jan Janssens,Philip Giantris,Didier Carron
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781780405957

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Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency by Philippe Marin,Tom Williams,Jan Janssens,Philip Giantris,Didier Carron Pdf

Scientific and Technical Report No. 24 Performance-Based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency: Experiences and Perspectives is a compendium of articles written by members of the PBC taskforce. It focuses on new approaches without delegated management to private operator i.e. service contracts, consulting contracts, Alliance approach, public-public partnership. It also mentions new design and generation of more traditional PPPs, (MC, lease, concession), where a larger proportion of performance-based design is being applied. List of Contents: Performance Based Contracts – Setting the scene; PBC and Results Based Financing: the inverse approach; PBC and Energy Efficiency; Internal Performance Contracts: A Case of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Uganda; Performance-Based Service Contracts in Navi Mumbai; Financial Comparison of PBCs and Conventional Approach; Tegucigalpa PBC Case Study; Performance Based Contracts – Key Design Issues; NRW Reduction Optimization Framework; How to improve water services performance? Performance Based Contracts (PBC) and Regulatory issues; Peer-to-Peer Partnerships Operational for sustainable water services; Performance Based Contracts in Malawi: Teamwork Works; Performance based affermage contracts; Performance based Contracts, The Aroona Integrated Alliance Experience; Experience from Eastern Europe; NRW Performance Contract – Kingdom of Bahrain; The way forward and perspectives/trends

Author : Jan Janssens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1780409095

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Performance-based Contracts (PBC) for Improving Utilities Efficiency by Jan Janssens Pdf

Author : Rudolf Frauendorfer,Roland Liemberger
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789290921936

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The Issues and Challenges of Reducing Non-Revenue Water by Rudolf Frauendorfer,Roland Liemberger Pdf

Improving the efficiency of water utilities and reducing water losses are becoming top priorities in Asia, with its often-limited water resources and rapidly increasing urban population. This publication provides an up-to-date introduction to the subject matter, highlights the complexity of managing non-revenue water (NRW), offers guidance on NRW assessment, and recommends appropriate performance indicators. It is, to a large extent, based on the work of the Water Loss Specialist Group of the International Water Association in the last decade, and is amply complemented by the authors' practical experiences in Asia and in other countries around the world.

Author : Stephane Hallegatte,Jun Rentschler,Julie Rozenberg
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814310

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Lifelines by Stephane Hallegatte,Jun Rentschler,Julie Rozenberg Pdf

Infrastructure—electricity, telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living, stay healthy, and maintain a good quality of life. Access to basic infrastructure is also a key driver of economic development. This report lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience - the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural hazard. It focuses on four infrastructure systems that are essential to economic activity and people’s well-being: power systems, including the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity; water and sanitation—especially water utilities; transport systems—multiple modes such as road, rail, waterway, and airports, and multiple scales, including urban transit and rural access; and telecommunications, including telephone and Internet connections.

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181825

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Ashish Gajurel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9788132213024

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Performance-Based Contracts for Road Projects by Ashish Gajurel Pdf

This book focuses on the aspects of contracting contracts, basically related to road construction and management contracts. The book presents an analytical study of Performance-Based Road Management and Maintenance (PMMR), Funktionsbauvertrag (FBV) (Function-Based Construction Contract) and Public Private Partnerships (PPP). A separate chapter is also included about the comparative study of these contract types. The book provides useful material for university libraries, construction companies and government departments of construction.

Author : Yogita Mumssen,Lars Johannes,Geeta Kumar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082138189X

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Output-Based Aid by Yogita Mumssen,Lars Johannes,Geeta Kumar Pdf

Developing country governments and the development aid community are acutely aware of the need to find more effective ways to improve basic living conditions for the poor, as traditional approaches of delivering public support have not always led to the results intended. Results-based financing (RBF) instruments, which tie the disbursement of public funding to the achievement of pre-agreed results, are now recognized as one important piece of the aid delivery puzzle. The aim of these instruments is to enhance the effectiveness of public funding. 'Output-Based Aid: Lessons Learned and Best Practices' provides a practical understanding of the experience with output-based aid (OBA), a results-based instrument that is being used to deliver basic infrastructure and social services to the poor, including through public-private partnerships. OBA has been used in the World Bank Group since 2002, including more recently through the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, which has a mandate to design and test OBA approaches. The authors of this book analyze nearly 200 OBA projects in water and sanitation, energy, health, roads, telecommunications, and education. The piloting phase of OBA has in general been a success and OBA has demonstrated clear advantages over traditional approaches in terms of efficiently targeting subsidies and mobilizing the private sector to serve poor households that would otherwise go without an improved service. OBA has also demonstrated that monitoring for results is possible if appropriate systems are put in place. As the first comprehensive review of OBA in eight years, this book will be an essential reference for infrastructure and social services sector experts and OBA practitioners around the world including staff of international financial institutions, public and private service providers, and NGOs as well as for donors and governments who are interested in piloting or scaling up and mainstreaming OBA approaches. As the first comprehensive review of OBA in eight years, this book will be an essential reference for infrastructure and social services sector experts and OBA practitioners around the world, including staff of international financial institutions, public and private service providers, and NGOs; and for donors and governments who are interested in piloting or scaling-up and mainstreaming OBA approaches.

Author : Markus Lehni,Stephan Schmidheiny,Björn Stigson,John Pepper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Sustainable development
ISBN : 2940240175

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Eco-efficiency by Markus Lehni,Stephan Schmidheiny,Björn Stigson,John Pepper Pdf

Author : Vikram Dhillon,David Metcalf,Max Hooper
Publisher : Apress
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1484265335

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Blockchain Enabled Applications by Vikram Dhillon,David Metcalf,Max Hooper Pdf

Learn all about blockchain and its applications in cryptocurrency, healthcare, Internet of Things, finance, decentralized organizations, and more. Featuring case studies and practical insights, this book covers a unique mix of topics and offers insight into how to overcome hurdles that arise as the market and consumers grow accustomed to blockchain-based organizations and services. The book is divided into three major sections. The first section provides a historical background to blockchain technology. You will start with a historical context to financial capital markets when Bitcoin was invented, followed by mining protocols, the need for consensus, hardware mining, etc. Next, a formal introduction to blockchain is provided covering transaction workflow, role of decentralized network, and payment verification. Then, we dive deep into a different implementation of a blockchain: Ethereum. The main technical features, such as Ethereum Virtual Machine, are presented along with the smart contract programming language, Solidity. In this second section, you will look at some modern use cases for blockchain from a decentralized autonomous organization, high-performance computing in Ethereum and off-grid computations, and healthcare and scientific discovery. The final section of the book looks toward the future of blockchain. This is followed by chapters covering the rise of consortia in the blockchain world, the Hyperledger project, particularly the updates since 2018, and a chapter on educational blockchain games. This is followed by updates to EOS.IO, Chain Core, and Quorum, ICOs and a look at the major changes to financial markets brought about by blockchain and decentralized networks. What You Will Learn Get an overview of the popular games employed to teach the basic concepts of blockchain and decentralized networks Be familiar with the rise of blockchain consortiums as well as updates to Hyperledger Project, 2020 Find out about cloud blockchains, including Microsoft Azure and Amazon Webservices, and how to set up test environments Study machine learning integration in the blockchain and the role of smart contracts Who This Book Is For Blockchain developers interested in keeping up with the newest updates and students looking for a broad overview of this vast ecosystem, plus business executives who want to make informed product decisions about including blockchain as well as policy makers who want a better understanding of the current use cases

Author : Chris Hendrickson,Tung Au
Publisher : Chris Hendrickson
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Construction industry
ISBN : 9780137312665

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Project Management for Construction by Chris Hendrickson,Tung Au Pdf

Author : T. K. Das
Publisher : IAP
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781623966249

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Strategic Alliances for Innovation and R&D by T. K. Das Pdf

Strategic Alliances for Innovation and R&D is a volume in the book series Research in Strategic Alliances that focuses on providing a robust and comprehensive forum for new scholarship in the field of strategic alliances. In particular, the books in the series cover new views of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks and models, significant practical problems of alliance organization and management, and emerging areas of inquiry. The series also includes comprehensive empirical studies of selected segments of business, economic, industrial, government, and non-profit activities with wide prevalence of strategic alliances. Through the ongoing release of focused topical titles, this book series seeks to disseminate theoretical insights and practical management information that should enable interested professionals to gain a rigorous and comprehensive understanding of the field of strategic alliances. Strategic Alliances for Innovation and R&D contains contributions by leading scholars in the field of strategic alliance research. The 11 chapters in this volume cover a number of significant topics that encompass innovation and R&D through strategic alliances. The chapter topics cover both the broader issues, such as the governance of high-tech alliances, knowledge flows in innovation clusters, co-innovation, and incomplete contracting, and the more focused problems of inexperienced firms in R&D consortia, new product development, and managing alliance portfolio evolution in service innovation. The chapters include empirical as well as conceptual treatments of the selected topics, and collectively present a wide-ranging review of the noteworthy research perspectives on the role of strategic alliances in the pursuit of innovation and R&D.

Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789292611095

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Guide to Performance-Based Road Maintenance Contracts by Asian Development Bank Pdf

Road asset management is one of the top priorities of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Transport and Trade Facilitation Strategy 2020. The implementation of performance-based road maintenance contracts (PBCs)—an essential element of road asset management—promotes effective and efficient maintenance of road networks. Well-designed PBCs keep roads in predefined good condition at relatively low cost. This guide aims to help policy makers in CAREC member countries understand and implement PBCs. After a brief history of the development of PBCs, it discusses the various types of PBCs and their relative advantages and disadvantages. It highlights PBC implementation in selected developed, developing, and transitional countries, including CAREC member countries, to illustrate best practices.

Author : K. W. Chau,Isabelle Y.S. Chan,Weisheng Lu,Chris Webster
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1558 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811061905

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Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate by K. W. Chau,Isabelle Y.S. Chan,Weisheng Lu,Chris Webster Pdf

This book presents the proceedings of CRIOCM_2016, 21st International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, sharing the latest developments in real estate and construction management around the globe. The conference was organized by the Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) working in close collaboration with the University of Hong Kong. Written by international academics and professionals, the proceedings discuss the latest achievements, research findings and advances in frontier disciplines in the field of construction management and real estate. Covering a wide range of topics, including building information modelling, big data, geographic information systems, housing policies, management of infrastructure projects, occupational health and safety, real estate finance and economics, urban planning, and sustainability, the discussions provide valuable insights into the implementation of advanced construction project management and the real estate market in China and abroad. The book is an outstanding reference resource for academics and professionals alike.

Author : Ian Graeme Heggie,Piers Vickers
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821342371

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Commercial Management and Financing of Roads by Ian Graeme Heggie,Piers Vickers Pdf

Printed on Demand. Limited stock is held for this title. If you would like to order 30 copies or more please contact [email protected] Contact [email protected], if currently unavailable. In developing and transition economies, 60 to 80 percent of all passenger and freight transport moves by road-the main form of access for most rural communities. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these economies are badly maintained and poorly managed. This paper discusses one of the most effective ways to promote sound policies for managing and financing road networks--commercialization. It discusses the emerging central concept of bringing roads into the marketplace, putting them on a fee-for-service basis, and managing them like a business.

Author : Punam Chuhan-Pole,Manka Angwafo
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821387450

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Yes, Africa Can by Punam Chuhan-Pole,Manka Angwafo Pdf

Takes an in-depth look at twenty-six economic and social development successes in Sub-Saharan African countries, and addresses how these countries have overcome major developmental challenges.