Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options

In many developing countries, the regulation of infrastructure service standards is rigid, and makes services too expensive for the poor. The current wave of liberalization of infrastructure, is an opportunity to address this problem. Debate on exp...

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Main Authors:	Baker, Bill, Tremolet, Sophie
Format:	Viewpoint
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNT BILLING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FLEXIBILITY IMAGE INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INTERVENTION MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER NGO POLLUTION PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION QUALITY STANDARDS SERVICE QUALITY WILLINGNESS TO PAY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ACCESSIBLE SERVICES POVERTY INCIDENCE ACCESS POLICY REFORM POLICY PRICE POLICY QUALITY CONTROL SERVICES DELIVERY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729357/regulating-quality-competing-firms-offer-mix-price-quality-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11416

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spelling	okr-10986-114162021-06-14T11:02:38Z Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options Baker, Bill Tremolet, Sophie ACCOUNT BILLING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FLEXIBILITY IMAGE INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INTERVENTION MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER NGO POLLUTION PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION QUALITY STANDARDS SERVICE QUALITY WILLINGNESS TO PAY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ACCESSIBLE SERVICES POVERTY INCIDENCE ACCESS POLICY REFORM POLICY PRICE POLICY QUALITY CONTROL SERVICES DELIVERY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE In many developing countries, the regulation of infrastructure service standards is rigid, and makes services too expensive for the poor. The current wave of liberalization of infrastructure, is an opportunity to address this problem. Debate on expanding access under such reform, has so far centered on price, not quality. This note proposes a new regulatory framework, where large, and small providers compete to supply a range of services at prices that better reflect consumer willingness to pay. 2012-08-13T15:00:30Z 2012-08-13T15:00:30Z 2000-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729357/regulating-quality-competing-firms-offer-mix-price-quality-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11416 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 221 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research
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topic	ACCOUNT BILLING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FLEXIBILITY IMAGE INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INTERVENTION MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER NGO POLLUTION PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION QUALITY STANDARDS SERVICE QUALITY WILLINGNESS TO PAY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ACCESSIBLE SERVICES POVERTY INCIDENCE ACCESS POLICY REFORM POLICY PRICE POLICY QUALITY CONTROL SERVICES DELIVERY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
spellingShingle	ACCOUNT BILLING DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FLEXIBILITY IMAGE INCOME INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INTERVENTION MARKET FAILURES MARKET POWER NGO POLLUTION PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION QUALITY STANDARDS SERVICE QUALITY WILLINGNESS TO PAY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ACCESSIBLE SERVICES POVERTY INCIDENCE ACCESS POLICY REFORM POLICY PRICE POLICY QUALITY CONTROL SERVICES DELIVERY CONSUMER CONFIDENCE Baker, Bill Tremolet, Sophie Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options
relation	Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 221
description	In many developing countries, the regulation of infrastructure service standards is rigid, and makes services too expensive for the poor. The current wave of liberalization of infrastructure, is an opportunity to address this problem. Debate on expanding access under such reform, has so far centered on price, not quality. This note proposes a new regulatory framework, where large, and small providers compete to supply a range of services at prices that better reflect consumer willingness to pay.
format	Publications & Research :: Viewpoint
author	Baker, Bill Tremolet, Sophie
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title	Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options
title_short	Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options
title_full	Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options
title_fullStr	Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options
title_full_unstemmed	Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options
title_sort	regulating quality : let competing firms offer a mix of price and quality options
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729357/regulating-quality-competing-firms-offer-mix-price-quality-options http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11416
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