Reaching the Urban Poor with Private Infrastructure

Reaching the Urban Poor with Private Infrastructure

Nontraditional infrastructure service providers supply many low-income consumers in slums and urban peripheries in developing countries. And technological change has eased entry by new providers. But the current approach to private participation in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Brook Cowen, Penelope, Tynan, Nicola
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
URBAN POVERTY
QUALITY OF SERVICE
STANDARDS OF SERVICE
SERVICE DELIVERY
INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION
LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
ECONOMIC COMPETITION
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
SMALL SCALE ENERGY SYSTEMS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
MICROCREDITS
INFRASTRUCTURE REGULATION
INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM
MONOPOLIES
FREE ENTRY
TARIFFS
CROSS-SUBSIDIES BULK SUPPLY
CITIES
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
CONSUMERS
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
HOUSING
ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS
INCOME
LAND TENURE
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS
MARGINAL COSTS
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POWER PLANTS
PRIVATE OPERATOR
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC POLICY
SERVICE PROVISION
SERVICE STANDARDS
SETTLEMENTS
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
SLUMS
SOLID WASTE
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
UNSAFE DRINKING WATER
URBAN POOR
UTILITIES
WELLS
WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/06/439953/reaching-urban-poor-private-infrastructure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11473

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1999/06/439953/reaching-urban-poor-private-infrastructure
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11473

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