EAP - The Pacific Infrastructure Challenge - World Bank (2006).pdf
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Figure A.21: Average Tariff (US$ per cubic meter)<br />
1.2<br />
1<br />
Average Tariff (US$ per m3)<br />
0.8<br />
0.6<br />
0.4<br />
0.2<br />
0<br />
Fiji<br />
Philippines<br />
Samoa<br />
PNG<br />
Vanuatu<br />
Pohnpei (FSM)<br />
Jamaica<br />
St. Lucia<br />
Dominica<br />
Source: Various<br />
Note 1: St Lucia and Dominica rates for water and sewerage<br />
Note 2: PNG: Papua New Guinea, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia<br />
Cost recovery is an important indicator for water utilities. <strong>The</strong> higher the cost recovery ratio<br />
of a utility, the less reliant it is likely to be on government subsidies.<br />
Figure A.22: Cost Recovery Ratio<br />
120%<br />
100%<br />
Cost recovery ratio<br />
80%<br />
60%<br />
40%<br />
20%<br />
0%<br />
Fiji<br />
Solomon<br />
Islands<br />
Kiribati<br />
Marshall<br />
Islands<br />
Vanuatu<br />
PNG<br />
Source: <strong>Pacific</strong> Water Association Benchmarking Survey 2001, “Special Evaluation Study on Asian Development <strong>Bank</strong><br />
Capacity Building Assistance for Managing Water Supply and Sanitation to Republic of the Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Papua New<br />
Guinea and Republic of the Marshall Islands”, March 2003<br />
Notes: PNG: Papua New Guinea, FSM: Federated States of Micronesia<br />
Figure A.22 shows the cost recovery ratios for four <strong>Pacific</strong> countries based on an ADB<br />
evaluation in 2003. Most notable is Vanuatu’s UNELCO and the Papua New Guinea Water<br />
Board (PNGWB), which have managed to achieve a total cost recovery of over 100%<br />
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