Subsidies in Chilean Public Utilities

The author analyzes subsidies in Chile's public utilities. Over the last decade, especially, significant efforts have been made to extend public services to rural populations. An explicit consumption subsidy for potable water (targeted to the poorest twenty percent of the population) currently...

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Main Author:	Serra, Pablo
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	administrative costs bad debts cash transfers central government citizen participation concession areas consumer surplus consumption charge cost of water cross subsidies cross-subsidies current prices debt drinking water economics electricity electricity services energy consumption expenditures government spending households housing income legislation local authorities maintenance costs marginal cost medical care municipalities national budget operating costs policy research positive externalities potable water present value price elasticity of demand private sector privatization production costs profitability public health public health services public services public utilities public water public works regulatory framework residential consumers return on equity rural communities rural drinking water sanitation services scale economies service provider sewerage services social costs social expenditure social welfare surcharges technical assistance telecommunications transaction costs treasury urban areas water companies water company water consumption water coverage water meter water rates water services water systems willingness to pay subsidies public utility finance rural population consumption patterns competitiveness price decontrols rural infrastructure marginal costs
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21335

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Subsidies in Chilean Public Utilities

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