Publication: Understanding Sector Performance : The Case of Utilities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Date
2009-07-29
ISSN
Published
2009-07-29
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
This report provides innovative
approaches to better understand infrastructure sector
performance by focusing on the links between key indicators
for private and public utilities, and changes in ownership,
regulatory agency governance, and corporate governance,
among other dimensions. By linking inputs and outputs over
the last 15 years, the analysis proposes key determinants
that have impacted sector performance in infrastructure
sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It is
about understanding how and to what extent the effect of
such elements result in significant changes in the
performance of infrastructure service provision. This report
focuses on the distribution segment of basic infrastructure
services. It covers electricity distribution, water
distribution and sewerage, and fixed telecommunications.
More specifically, the report does: i) depict sector
performance with a broad set of indicators that describes
the current situation as well its evolution during the last
15 years; ii) propose analytical frameworks for themes less
developed in the literature such as regulatory governance
and corporate governance for state-owned enterprises (SOEs);
iii) benchmark the institutional designs of the regulatory
agencies in the region for the water and electricity
sectors; and iv) analyze the relationship between sector
performance and regulation, private sector participation,
and corporate governance.
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Citation
“World Bank. 2009. Understanding Sector Performance : The Case of Utilities in Latin America and the Caribbean. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3170 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”