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The 40 attendees of the PURC/IADB Benchmarking Workshop for Water Utilities in Central America included data providers from Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, and El Salvador, a legal consultant from Bolivia, a regulator from Belize, and representatives from the IADB, The World Bank, and The United Nations. Speakers included PURC Director of Water Studies Dr. Sanford Berg, PURC Research Associate Maria Luisa Cortón, Dr. Ricardo Sancho Chavarría, Costa Rica (AYA, nstituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados), Federico Basañes (IADB), Arq. Abbie Lara, Honduras (ERSAPS, Ente Regulador de los Servicios de Agua Potable y Saneamiento), Caroline van den Berg (IBNET [The International Benchmarking Network for Water and Sanitation Utilities], World Bank), Alejo Molinari (ADERASA, Asociación de Entes Reguladores de Aguas de las Américas ), and Dr. Román Gómez (UN-HABITAT, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme).