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Utility Privatization and the Needs of the Poor in Latin America : Have We Learned Enough to Get It Right?

dc.contributor.author Estache, Antonio
dc.contributor.author Gomez-Lobo, Andres
dc.contributor.author Leipziger, Danny
dc.date.accessioned 2014-08-28T17:18:55Z
dc.date.available 2014-08-28T17:18:55Z
dc.date.issued 2000-08
dc.description.abstract Efforts to reform utilities can affect poor households in varied, often complex, ways, but it is by no means certain that such reform will hurt vulnerable households. Many myths have been perpetuated in discussions of utility reform - and in many cases poor households have benefited from reform. What is amazing is the extent to which governments, and their advisors - sometimes including multilateral organizations - fail to measure, anticipate, and monitor how the privatization of utilities actually affects the poor. Many questions must still be answered before good general guidelines can be drawn, but the authors offer many suggestions about how social, regulatory, and privatization policy, can increase the benefits of utility reform for poor households. The good news is that many measures can be taken to improve the chances that poor households will benefit from reform. Chief among these is promoting competition, where possible. Essentially what is needed is political commitment to doing the right thing. If policy is weak before privatization, it is going to be weak after privatization as well. Privatization is no substitute for responsible policy on redistribution. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/443558/utility-privatization-needs-poor-latin-america-learned-enough-right
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19814
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2407
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCOUNTING
dc.subject ACTUAL COSTS
dc.subject AIC
dc.subject ASSETS
dc.subject CONCESSION CONTRACTS
dc.subject COST RECOVERY
dc.subject CROSS SUBSIDIES
dc.subject CROSS-SUBSIDIES
dc.subject DISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subject ELECTRICITY
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subject FINANCIAL VIABILITY
dc.subject FISCAL DEFICITS
dc.subject FISCAL PROBLEMS
dc.subject FIXED CHARGE
dc.subject FIXED CHARGES
dc.subject GARBAGE COLLECTION
dc.subject GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subject GNP
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD CONNECTIONS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HOUSING
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject LABOR INPUTS
dc.subject MARGINAL COST
dc.subject MARGINAL COST PRICING
dc.subject MONOPOLIES
dc.subject MONTHLY WATER BILL
dc.subject MUNICIPAL LEVEL
dc.subject MUNICIPALITIES
dc.subject NEW ENTRANTS
dc.subject PIPELINE
dc.subject POLICY MAKERS
dc.subject POWER PLANTS
dc.subject PRICE CHANGES
dc.subject PRIVATE FINANCING
dc.subject PRIVATE OPERATOR
dc.subject PRIVATE OPERATORS
dc.subject PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subject PRIVATIZATION
dc.subject PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject PUBLIC COMPANIES
dc.subject PUBLIC COMPANY
dc.subject PUBLIC ECONOMICS
dc.subject PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
dc.subject PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject PUBLIC UTILITIES
dc.subject PUBLIC UTILITY
dc.subject PUBLIC WATER
dc.subject QUALITY OF SERVICE
dc.subject RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
dc.subject RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject REVENUE COLLECTION
dc.subject RIVER WATER
dc.subject SANITATION SERVICES
dc.subject SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subject SEWAGE
dc.subject TARIFF STRUCTURE
dc.subject TAX
dc.subject TAXATION
dc.subject TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject TOWNS
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject URBAN AREAS
dc.subject URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject UTILITY SERVICES
dc.subject WATER SECTOR
dc.subject WATER SERVICES
dc.subject WELFARE GAINS
dc.subject WELLS
dc.title Utility Privatization and the Needs of the Poor in Latin America : Have We Learned Enough to Get It Right? en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.date.disclosure 2000-08-31
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/443558/utility-privatization-needs-poor-latin-america-learned-enough-right
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Trade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpractice Water
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-2407
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000094946_00081806381617
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 443558
okr.identifier.report WPS2407
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2000/09/01/000094946_00081806381617/Rendered/PDF/multi_page.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographical Latin America
okr.sector Private Infrastructure
okr.topic Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic Water Supply and Sanitation :: Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topic International Economics and Trade :: Trade Finance and Investment
okr.topic Public Sector Development :: Decentralization
okr.topic Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic Public Sector Economics and Finance
okr.topic Urban Development :: Municipal Financial Management
okr.unit Governance, Regulation, and Finance, World Bank Institute; and the Finance, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Sector Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region
okr.volume 1
relation.isSeriesOfPublication 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87
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