Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control?

Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control?

Some utilities have responded to recent changes in technology and market liberalization by turning themselves into "multi-utilities" that bundle traditionally distinct services. A companion Note reviews recent trends in horizontal integra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sommer, Dirk
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ASSETS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BIDDING
CONSUMERS
CONTRACTORS
COST SAVINGS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTRICITY
HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
INNOVATIONS
JOINT VENTURES
MERGERS
MUNICIPALITIES
NATURAL MONOPOLIES
POLITICAL POWER
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROVISIONS
SERVICE PROVIDER
SERVICE QUALITY
SEWERAGE SERVICES
TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS
TARIFF REGULATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELEPHONE COMPANIES
TELEVISION
URBAN AREAS
UTILITIES
UTILITY SERVICES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER UTILITIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
PAYMENTS
TARIFFS
REGULATORY AGENCY
QUALITY OF SERVICE
ACCESS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1346422/multi-utilities-policy-promotion-tolerance-or-control
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11387
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Summary:Some utilities have responded to recent changes in technology and market liberalization by turning themselves into "multi-utilities" that bundle traditionally distinct services. A companion Note reviews recent trends in horizontal integration of utilities. This Note looks at the policy and regulatory implications of those trends for developing countries. The question facing policymakers is whether the emergence of multi-utilities should be encouraged as a means of improving access and quality of utility services -- or subjected to closer control to guard against potential dangers arising from less competition, greater regulatory complexity, and more concentrated political power in the utilities.

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