Is Cost Recovery a Feasible Objective for Water and Electricity? The Latin American Experience

Is Cost Recovery a Feasible Objective for Water and Electricity? The Latin American Experience

Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are alre...

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Main Authors: Foster, Vivien, Yepes, Tito
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AVERAGE TARIFF
AVERAGE TARIFFS
BLOCK TARIFF
CAPITAL COSTS
CAPITAL MARKETS
CONSUMERS
COST OF SERVICE
COST RECOVERY
CROSS-SUBSIDIES
CUBIC METER
CUBIC METERS
ELECTRICITY SERVICES
ELECTRICITY TARIFF
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
GROWTH RATES
INCOME
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
LARGE CITIES
LATIN AMERICAN
LITERS PER CAPITA PER DAY
LOWER COST OF SERVICE
MAINTENANCE COSTS
MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POWER
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC WORKS
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
RESIDENTIAL TARIFFS
SERVICE PROVISION
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TARIFF CHANGES
TARIFFS FOR WATER
URBAN AREAS
USER CHARGES
UTILITIES
UTILITY SERVICES
WATER SECTOR
WATER SERVICES
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER TARIFF
WATER TARIFFS
WATER UTILITIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/06/6858828/cost-recovery-feasible-objective-water-electricity-latin-american-experience
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8421

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