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Water Prices in CEE and CIS Countries. Volume I: Main Text

Abbreviations and Acronyms

BOT Build, operate, transfer
BVK Brno Water and Wastewater Utility
CEE Central and Eastern Europe
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
DANCEE Danish Co-operation for Environment in Eastern Europe
DEPA Danish Environmental Protection Agency
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EU European Union
GDP Gross domestic product
IFC International Finance Corporation (World Bank group)
IFI International Financial Institution
ISPA Instrument for Structural Policies for Preaccession
O&M Operation and Maintenance
PLN Polish Zloty
PPP Public-private partnership
PR Public relations
PWIK Poznan Water and Wastewater Utility
RP Revealed preference
SP Stated preference
UAH Ukrainian Hrivna
UfW Un-accounted for water
WB The World Bank
WTP Willingness to pay

  
The following currencies and conversion rates have been used in the report

1 CZK = 0.20 DKK as of October 1999 equivalent to
1 EUR = 36.75 CZK as of October 1999
1 PLN = 1.80 DKK as of November 1999 equivalent to
1 EUR = 4.14 PLN as of November 1999
1 RUR = 0.28 DKK as of November 1999 equivalent to
1 EUR = 26.58 RUR as of November 1999
1 UAH = 2.13 DKK as of average 1998 equivalent to
1 EUR = 3.50 UAH (then UAG) as of average 1998

 

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