Water, Electricity, and the Poor : Who Benefits from Utility Subsidies?.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: World Bank
Other Authors: Komives, Kristin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2005.
Series:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.)
World Bank e-Library.
Subjects:
Public utilities > Rates > Developing countries.
Subsidies > Developing countries.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Public utilities > Rates
Subsidies
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction; Tables; 2 A Typology of Consumer Utility Subsidies; Boxes; Figures; 3 The Rationale for Subsidizing Services for the Poor; 4 The Determinants of Targeting Performance: A Conceptual Framework; 5 The Targeting Performance of Quantity-Based Subsidies; 6 Can the Targeting Performance of Consumption Subsidies Be Improved?; 7 The Targeting Performance of Connection Subsidies; 8 Consumer Utility Subsidies as Instruments of Social Policy; 9 Beyond Subsidies
  • Other Means of Achieving Sectoral Goals; 10 Conclusions.

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