Infrastructure Reform, Better Subsidies, and the Information Deficit

Infrastructure Reform, Better Subsidies, and the Information Deficit

In developing countries the provision of water and sanitation services is often subsidized. These subsidies take the form of a general underpricing of water, numerous cross-subsidies, and inefficient billing and collection. An essential part of inf...

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Main Authors: Gómez-Lobo, Andrés, Foster, Vivien, Halpern, Jonathan
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY
AFFORDABLE WATER
CONSUMPTION FUNCTION
CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
CONTINGENT VALUATION
CROSS-SUBSIDIES
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
DURABLE GOODS
ECONOMICS
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
LIVING STANDARDS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROVISION OF WATER
PUBLIC WATER
SANITATION SERVICES
TARIFF STRUCTURE
WATER CHARGES
WATER COMPANY
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER LEVEL
WATER METERS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER TANKERS
WATER USE
WATER UTILITY
WILLINGNESS TO PAY SANITATION SERVICES
WATER SUPPLY
SUBSIDIES
BILLING
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS
METERING
PAYMENTS SYSTEMS
INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/692920/infrastructure-reform-better-subsidies-information-deficit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11427

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/692920/infrastructure-reform-better-subsidies-information-deficit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11427

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