There is no question that water pricing and public-private partnership can improve water management practices in the future. However, it is not the panacea as the proponents argue, nor the disaster as its opponents forecast. "Water Pricing and Public Private" "Partnership" provides a comprehensive and objective assessment as to what works, where, why and under what conditions, as well as what does not work and why. It also assesses the social, economic, equity and institutional implications. The book provides an in-depth analysis and assessment of the main issues and constraints on pricing of water and participation of the private sector and their affect on water supply in North and South America and Western Europe. With case studies from Argentina, Brazil, the USA and a few West European countries, among many others we gain a comprehensive and objective account of the economic and social consequences.