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Servicios de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento - La Tribuna del Agua

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SERVICIOS DE ABASTECIMIENTO Y SANEAMIENTO<br />

WATER TREATMENT AND COST RECOVERY<br />

THROUGH SOCIAL BUSINESS<br />

OF GRAMEEN-VEOLIA WATER LTD<br />

IN BANGLADESH<br />

Samir Chowdhury and Olivier Gilbert<br />

ABSTRACT:<br />

In 2007, Grameen Bank* and Veolia Water**<br />

have joined forces to create Grameen – Veolia<br />

Water Ltd, which objective is to supply water to<br />

a disadvantaged region of Bangla<strong>de</strong>sh. Currently<br />

the only sources of supply in this region are arsenic-polluted<br />

aquifers.<br />

The new venture aims at supplying potable<br />

water at the highest quality standards at socially<br />

acceptable rates. Infrastructures to <strong>de</strong>liver the<br />

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RESÚMENES<br />

project are currently being <strong>de</strong>signed. Since Grameen<br />

– Veolia Water Ltd is not-for-profit, financial<br />

gains from the service will be reinvested into<br />

the project. This initiative belongs with the “social<br />

business” mo<strong>de</strong>l, and aims at providing potable<br />

water to an ever larger number of people within<br />

disadvantaged populations.<br />

* Grameen Bank is chaired by Professor Yunus, father of the micro-credit concept and Nobel Peace Prize <strong>La</strong>ureate in 2006<br />

** Veolia Eau is world lea<strong>de</strong>r in water services and technological solutions.

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