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

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dc.contributor.authorEstache, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorPerelman, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorTrujillo, Lourdes
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-22T19:53:41Z
dc.date.available2012-06-22T19:53:41Z
dc.date.issued2005-02
dc.description.abstractThe 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 developing countries. In transport, private operators have tended to perform better than public operators. For utilities, ownership often does not matter as much as sometimes argued. Most cross-country studies find no statistically significant difference in efficiency scores between public and private providers. As for the country-specific studies, some do find differences in performance over time but these differences tend to matter much less than a large number of other variables. Across sectors, private operators functioning in a competitive environment or regulated under price caps or hybrid regulatory regimes tend to catch up best practice faster than public operators. There is a very strong case to push regulators in developing and transition economies toward a more systematic reliance on yardstick competition in a sector in which residual monopoly powers tend to be common.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642263/infrastructure-performance-reform-developing-transition-economies-evidence-survey-productivity-measures
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3514
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/8844
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 3514
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCOUNTING
dc.subjectAUTONOMOUS REGIONS
dc.subjectAUTONOMY
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectBENCHMARKING
dc.subjectBENCHMARKS
dc.subjectCAPITAL EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectCAPITAL MARKETS
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectCONSUMERS
dc.subjectCOST SAVINGS
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDONOR AGENCIES
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC MODELS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectEXCESS SUPPLY
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORMS
dc.subjectGNP
dc.subjectGNP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGROWTH RATE
dc.subjectINEFFICIENCY
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectLABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLATIN AMERICAN
dc.subjectMANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
dc.subjectMERGERS
dc.subjectMONOPOLIES
dc.subjectMUNICIPALITIES
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOPERATING EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE CONTRACTS
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE INCENTIVES
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE INDICATORS
dc.subjectPERVERSE INCENTIVES
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPOWER PLANTS
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION PROCESS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
dc.subjectPUBLIC ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectREFORMS
dc.subjectREGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subjectREGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subjectREGULATORY POLICY
dc.subjectREGULATORY REGIMES
dc.subjectRETURNS TO SCALE
dc.subjectSERVICE COVERAGE
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectSEWAGE
dc.subjectSUPERVISION
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectVALUE ADDED
dc.titleInfrastructure Performance and Reform in Developing and Transition Economies : Evidence from a Survey of Productivity Measuresen
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okr.crossref.titleInfrastructure Performance and Reform in Developing and Transition Economies: Evidence from a Survey of Productivity Measures
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/02/5642263/infrastructure-performance-reform-developing-transition-economies-evidence-survey-productivity-measures
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid989211468762917889
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-3514
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000090341_20050306101429
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum5642263
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okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicEconomic Theory and Research
okr.topicBanks and Banking Reform
okr.topicEnvironmental Economics and Policies
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Policies
okr.topicHealth Economics and Finance
okr.topicEnterprise Development and Reform
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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