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"Introducing private sector participation (PSP) into the water and sewerage sectors in developing Countries is difficult and controversial. Empirical studies on its effects are scant and generally inconclusive. Case studies tend to find improvements in the sector following privatization, but they suffer from selection bias and it is difficult to generalize their results. To explore empirically the effects of PSP on coverage, Clarke, Kosec, and Wallsten assemble a new tasted of connections to water and sewerage services at the city and providence level based on household surveys in Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil. The household surveys, conducted over a number of years, allow them to compile data before and after the introduction of PSP, as well as from similar (Control) regions that never privatize at all. Their analysis reveals that, in general, connection rates to piped water and

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