Infrastructure Performance and Reform in Developing and Transition Economies : Evidence from a Survey of Productivity Measures

Infrastructure Performance and Reform in Developing and Transition Economies : Evidence from a Survey of Productivity Measures

The authors review about 80 studies on electricity and gas, water and sanitation, and rail and ports (with a footnote on telecommunications) in developing countries. The main policy lesson is that there is a difference in the relevance of ownership for efficiency between utilities and transport in d...

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Main Authors: Estache, Antonio, Perelman, Sergio, Trujillo, Lourdes
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
AUTONOMOUS REGIONS
AUTONOMY
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
BENCHMARKS
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CAPITAL MARKETS
COAL
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CONSUMERS
COST SAVINGS
DEBT
DEMOGRAPHICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DONOR AGENCIES
ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMICS
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
EMPLOYMENT
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
EXCESS SUPPLY
EXPENDITURES
FUNCTIONAL FORMS
GNP
GNP PER CAPITA
GROWTH RATE
INEFFICIENCY
INFLATION
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LATIN AMERICAN
MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
MERGERS
MONOPOLIES
MUNICIPALITIES
OIL
OPERATING EFFICIENCY
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS
PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PERVERSE INCENTIVES
POPULATION GROWTH
POWER PLANTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTION PROCESS
PRODUCTIVITY
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC SERVICES
REFORMS
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
REGULATORY POLICY
REGULATORY REGIMES
RETURNS TO SCALE
SERVICE COVERAGE
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEWAGE
SUPERVISION
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT
VALUE ADDED
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642263/infrastructure-performance-reform-developing-transition-economies-evidence-survey-productivity-measures
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8844

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642263/infrastructure-performance-reform-developing-transition-economies-evidence-survey-productivity-measures
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8844

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