Holdings: Infrastructure Reform, Better Subsidies, and the Information Deficit

Infrastructure Reform, Better Subsidies, and the Information Deficit

In developing countries the provision of water and sanitation services is often subsidized. These subsidies take the form of a general underpricing of water, numerous cross-subsidies, and inefficient billing and collection. An essential part of inf...

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Main Authors:	Gómez-Lobo, Andrés, Foster, Vivien, Halpern, Jonathan
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY AFFORDABLE WATER CONSUMPTION FUNCTION CONSUMPTION PATTERNS CONTINGENT VALUATION CROSS-SUBSIDIES CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS DURABLE GOODS ECONOMICS HOUSEHOLDS INCOME LIVING STANDARDS POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISION OF WATER PUBLIC WATER SANITATION SERVICES TARIFF STRUCTURE WATER CHARGES WATER COMPANY WATER CONSUMPTION WATER LEVEL WATER METERS WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLIES WATER TANKERS WATER USE WATER UTILITY WILLINGNESS TO PAY SANITATION SERVICES WATER SUPPLY SUBSIDIES BILLING WILLINGNESS TO PAY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATORS METERING PAYMENTS SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/692920/infrastructure-reform-better-subsidies-information-deficit http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11427

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/06/692920/infrastructure-reform-better-subsidies-information-deficit
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11427

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