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Water, Electricity, and the Poor : Who Benefits from Utility Subsidies?

Utility subsidies to consumers of water and electricity services are often justified as a mechanism for making services affordable for the poor. After all, an estimated 1.1 billion people in the developing world lack access to safe water, 2 billion...

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Main Authors: Komives, Kristin, Foster, Vivien, Halpern, Jonathan, Wodon, Quentin, Abdullah, Roohi
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
BLOCK TARIFFS
CITIES
CONNECTION
CONNECTION CHARGES
CONNECTION COSTS
CONNECTIONS
CONSUMERS
CONSUMPTION INCREASES
COST RECOVERY
CUBIC METERS
CUBIC METERS OF WATER
DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
DRAIN
DRINKING WATER
ELECTRICITY SERVICES
EXCLUSION
FIXED CHARGES
GDP
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
MAINTENANCE COSTS
PRICE INCREASES
PUBLIC SUBSIDIES
PUBLIC TAP
PUBLIC TAPS
QUALITY OF SERVICE
REVENUE COLLECTION
SANITATION
SUBSIDIZATION
TARGETED SUBSIDY
TARIFF STRUCTURE
USER CHARGES
UTILITIES
UTILITY SERVICES
VOLUME OF WATER
WATER BILLS
WATER SECTOR
WATER SOURCES
WATER SUBSIDIES
WATER SUBSIDY
WATER TARIFFS
WATER UTILITIES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/10/10026773/water-electricity-poor-benefits-utility-subsidies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11745
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