Water Sector Board Discussion Papers are the result of substantial analytic work on a water related topic. They present knowledge, practices, or both with clear policy implications for several or all of the world's regions.

DP1: 
Innovative Contracts, Sound Relationships: Urban Water Sector Reform in Senegal (2004) (pdf).

DP2:
Can the Principles of Franchising be used to Improve Water Supply and Sanitation Services? – A Preliminary Analysis (2004) (pdf).

DP3: 
Ten Years of Water Service Reform in Latin America: Towards an Anglo-French Model (2005) (pdf).

DP4:
Financing Water Supply and Sanitation Investments: Utilizing Risk Mitigation Instruments to Bridge the Financing Gap (2005) (pdf).

DP5: 
Water for the Urban Poor: Water Markets, Household Demand, and Service Preferences in Kenya (2005) (pdf).

DP6: 
Explanatory Notes on Key Topics in the Regulation of Water and Sanitation Services (2006) (pdf).

DP7: 
Getting the Assumptions Right: Private Sector Participation Transaction Design and the Poor in Southwest Sri Lanka (2006).

DP8: 
The Challenge of Reducing Non-Revenue Water (NRW) in Developing Countries. How the Private Sector Can Help: A Look at Performance-Based Service Contracting (2007).

DP9: 
Economic Regulation of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Services: Some Practical Lessons (2007) (pdf).

DP10: 
Emerging PPPs in Irrigation Development and Management (2007).

DP11: 
Watershed Management Approaches, Policies and Operations: Lessons for Scaling-Up (2008) (pdf).

DP12: 
Strategic Environmental Assessment: Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making - Main Report (2009) (pdf).

DP13 (vol.1): 
Reforming Urban Water Utilities in Western and Central Africa: Experiences with Public-Private Partnerships - Volume 1: Impact and Lessons Learned (2009). 

DP13 (vol.2):
Reforming Urban Water Utilities in Western and Central Africa: Experiences with Public-Private Partnerships - Volume 2: Case Studies (2009). 

DP14: 
Post-Construction Support and Sustainability in Community-Managed Rural Water Supply - Case Studies in Peru, Bolivia, and Ghana (2009).