WSP12530

• File Number: 8282.400
• Description: Colorado River Operations and Accounting - Deliveries to Mexico
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 3/22/2002
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Partnership for Prosperity - Report to President Vicente Fox and President George W Bush - Creating Prosperity through Partnership - Monterrey-Mexico - 03-22-02
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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. Private participation. . We seek to
leverage private sector expertise and
resources. . We will therefore regard the
Partnership as. more successful the more
the public sect()r capitalizes on private
sector expertise and resources.

· Speed. Time to market is an important
measure in the business world. It should
also be an important measure of the
Partnership's success.

"Whatever policies we end up deciding are
appropriate for increasing investment, we
musrkeep in mind that our governments
must play the role of facilitators, rather than
of substitutes to private inItiative."

Drawing on the. common-sense, business-
like approach of both Presidents, we propose
to rate our performance with respect to these
measurements using a traffic-light system of
red, yellow, and green lights. While the
more important ratings will be those we earn
over the next six months and beyond, we
have already started rating our efforts:

Miguel Hakim
Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs
Mexico

Performance

Through two conferences we have identified several areas
in which to concentrate our efforts to facilitate private
investment: housing, agriculture, infrastructure,
information technology, and enterprise finance. We have
obtained commitments of time and resources from several . (yellow)
private and public participants to address issues in each of
these areas. If we can sustain this level of commitment and
complete projects' in each of the identified areas, we hope
to earn a green light.
Although we have obtained some early results. and prepared
an action plan for next steps, most of our results will comee
in the future. It should also be. noted that measuring
productivity gains will itself be a challenge. Initially, we
may have to measure produClivity gains qualitatively. (red)

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ResultslProductivity

Private Participation

While we have reached out to scores of experts in the
private sector, we can still increase the ratio of private to
public sector participants and projects.

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(red)

Speed

In six months time we have launched a new partnership,
held two conferences, achieved some early successes, and
produced an action plan. If the action plan can . be
implemented on a timely basis, we hope to improve toa
green light.

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(yellow)

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