Infrastructure Services in            Developing Countries : Access, Quality, Costs and Policy Reform

Briceño-Garmendia, Cecilia; Estache, Antonio; Shafik, Nemat

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-3468

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Infrastructure Services in Developing Countries : Access, Quality, Costs and Policy Reform

dc.contributor.author	Briceño-Garmendia, Cecilia
dc.contributor.author	Estache, Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Shafik, Nemat
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-01T14:39:46Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-01T14:39:46Z
dc.date.issued	2004-12
dc.description.abstract	The authors review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing the investment needs and the emerging policy issues. While their assessment is seriously constrained by data gaps, they provide useful insights on the main challenges ahead, emphasizing that, in addition to the widely discussed access problems, the poorest also face major affordability and service quality issues which were not well addressed by the reforms of the 1990s. The authors make a case for a stronger commitment of the international community to generate the information needed to assess and monitor infrastructure needs and policies.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/5589469/infrastructure-services-developing-countries-access-quality-costs-policy-reform
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14721
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Policy Research Working Paper;No.3468
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	ACCOUNTING
dc.subject	AIRPORTS
dc.subject	AVERAGE COSTS
dc.subject	BASIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	CLINICS
dc.subject	CORRUPTION
dc.subject	COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	DEBT
dc.subject	DEBT SERVICE
dc.subject	DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT BANKS
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
dc.subject	DIMINISHING RETURNS
dc.subject	DISCLOSURE
dc.subject	DRINKING WATER
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EFFICIENCY LEVELS
dc.subject	ELASTICITIES
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY
dc.subject	ELECTRICITY GENERATION
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	ENDOWMENTS
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	FINANCIAL POLICIES
dc.subject	FISCAL DECENTRALIZATION
dc.subject	FISCAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject	HOUSING
dc.subject	HOUSING POLICY
dc.subject	HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject	INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES
dc.subject	INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
dc.subject	INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL DONORS
dc.subject	INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	LATIN AMERICAN
dc.subject	LOCAL CAPACITY
dc.subject	LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	LOW INCOME
dc.subject	LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
dc.subject	MONOPOLIES
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	NEGATIVE EFFECTS
dc.subject	NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject	PERVERSE INCENTIVES
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subject	POLLUTION REGULATION
dc.subject	PORTS
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PRODUCERS
dc.subject	PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject	PROVISIONS
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	PUBLIC GOOD
dc.subject	PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT
dc.subject	PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS
dc.subject	PUBLIC RESOURCES
dc.subject	PUBLIC SECTOR
dc.subject	PUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subject	PUBLIC TRANSPORT
dc.subject	PUBLIC UTILITIES
dc.subject	REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	ROADS
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SAVINGS
dc.subject	SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject	SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
dc.subject	TAXATION
dc.subject	TELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subject	THAILAND
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TREASURY
dc.subject	UGANDA
dc.subject	URBAN GROWTH
dc.subject	URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	URBAN POPULATIONS
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	UTILITIES
dc.subject	VIETNAM
dc.subject	WAGES
dc.subject	WATER POLLUTION
dc.subject	WATER QUALITY
dc.subject	WATER SUPPLY
dc.title	Infrastructure Services in Developing Countries : Access, Quality, Costs and Policy Reform	en
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okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/12/5589469/infrastructure-services-developing-countries-access-quality-costs-policy-reform
okr.globalpractice	Poverty
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice	Governance
okr.globalpractice	Health, Nutrition, and Population
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/1813-9450-3468
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okr.topic	Banks and Banking Reform
okr.topic	Public Sector Development :: Decentralization
okr.topic	Environmental Economics and Policies
okr.topic	Health Economics and Finance
okr.topic	Public Sector Economics and Finance
okr.topic	Urban Development :: Urban Services to the Poor
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population
okr.unit	Research Support (DECRS)
okr.volume	1 of 1
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