Christelle PEZON

Research themes

  • History and governance of public water and sanitation services
  • Management models of water services
  • Regulation and financing of water services

Professional career of Christelle PEZON

Christelle Pezon obtained her doctorate in management sciences in 1999 at Cnam, and is senior lecturer in the same university. She has pursued her research in academic and professional contexts, as director of research unit (Laboratory of water and sanitation management, UMR G-Eau, Montpellier) and director of international research / action programs in West Africa for the International Resource Center based in the Netherlands. She is in charge of the Master in Management at the International Institute of Management at Cnam, visiting professor at SciencesPo Paris and Zhengzhou University in China. She also works as an international expert for multilateral and bilateral agencies (World Bank, UNHCR, UNICEF, AFD). Her research focuses on the management of water services in developed and developing countries.

Selection of important or recent publications

  • PEZON C., (2019), Les services d’eau potable à l’épreuve de la loi NOTRe, Revue Française d’Administration Publique, Décembre, 16p.
  • PEZON C., (2018), Analyse rétrospective du secteur urbain de l’eau potable au Sénégal : un partenariat public-privé à l’épreuve du temps, Note technique n°41, Mars, AFD Paris, 54p (also available in English : Retrospective analysis of the urban water supply sector in Senegal : a public-private partnership over time)
  • PEZON C., (2017), Price-cap regulation of private water services in small towns in Burkina Faso based on solar energy, International Journal of Sustainable Development, vol 20 n°3/4, pp.205-229.
  • PEZON C., TILLETT W, MANIKAI G. (2017), Evaluation of UNICEF Water Program in Zimbabwe (2006-2015), Hydroconseil – UNICEF HQ, New York, 54p.
  • PEZON C., (2015), Politique et modèle tarifaires pour un accès durable, équitable et universel à l’eau potable en milieu semi-urbain au Burkina Faso 2016-2030, Rapport pour la Banque mondiale et le gouvernement du Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, 78p.
  • PEZON C., (2015), Providing water services at scale: how to move from unsustainable assistance to sustainable development?, Water Policy 17(6), pp.1127-1142.