A tool against privatisation

A new German report suggests that municipal water companies are turning to benchmarking to boost internal efficiency – and to avoid privatisation.

An increasing number of German municipally owned water and wastewater enterprises are participating in benchmarking projects to assess and improve their efficiency, and at the same time head off calls for privatisation as a route to bettering their performance.

“Germany’s national policy aims for modernisation rather than liberalisation in the water sector”, and benchmarking is “a significant aspect” of ...

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