IDB Invest contracted K&M to identify water and sanitation utilities in the Amazonia region of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, and Suriname that could be good candidates for private investment. K&M evaluated and prioritized water and sanitation utilities across the Amazon Basin to assess their readiness for private sector participation for improving service delivery. In this assignment, K&M: (i) Conducted a diagnostic of operational performance, including water consumption trends, treatment capacity and quality, and infrastructure condition, alongside corporate governance frameworks, legal structures and underlying national / subnational regulations; (ii) Assessed the development of PPP initiatives and enabling frameworks supporting private participation; (iii) Segmented and classified utilities according to their readiness for private sector investment versus those requiring preparatory public-sector support; (iv) Identified key enabling regulatory and institutional enablers for private investment in each country; and (v) Is producing a strategic prioritization and roadmap for IDB Invest’s upstream business development, identifying potential interventions and technical assistance pathways.