Utility Privatization and the Needs of the Poor in Latin America : Have We Learned Enough to Get It Right?

Efforts to reform utilities can affect poor households in varied, often complex, ways, but it is by no means certain that such reform will hurt vulnerable households. Many myths have been perpetuated in discussions of utility reform - and in many c...

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Main Authors:	Estache, Antonio, Gomez-Lobo, Andres, Leipziger, Danny
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTUAL COSTS AIC ASSETS CONCESSION CONTRACTS COST RECOVERY CROSS SUBSIDIES CROSS-SUBSIDIES DISPOSABLE INCOME ELECTRICITY EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM FINANCIAL VIABILITY FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL PROBLEMS FIXED CHARGE FIXED CHARGES GARBAGE COLLECTION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GNP HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION LABOR INPUTS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COST PRICING MONOPOLIES MONTHLY WATER BILL MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPALITIES NEW ENTRANTS PIPELINE POLICY MAKERS POWER PLANTS PRICE CHANGES PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE OPERATOR PRIVATE OPERATORS PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC COMPANIES PUBLIC COMPANY PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC UTILITY PUBLIC WATER QUALITY OF SERVICE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS RESOURCE ALLOCATION REVENUE COLLECTION RIVER WATER SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWAGE TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWNS TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTERS UTILITY SERVICES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WELFARE GAINS WELLS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/443558/utility-privatization-needs-poor-latin-america-learned-enough-right http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19814

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