Holdings: Universal(ly Bad) Service : Providing Infrastructure Services to Rural and Poor Urban Consumers

Universal(ly Bad) Service : Providing Infrastructure Services to Rural and Poor Urban Consumers

Until recently, utility services (telecommunications, power, water, and gas) throughout the world were provided by large, usually state-owned, monopolies. However, encouraged by technological change, regulatory innovation, and pressure from interna...

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Main Authors:	Clarke, George R. G., Wallsten, Scott J.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ASSETS AUCTIONS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD HEALTH CLEAN WATER CLINICS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMPETITION POLICY CONNECTION FEES CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CREAM SKIMMING CROSS SUBSIDIES CROSS-SUBSIDIES CUBIC METER CUBIC METER OF WATER CUBIC METERS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY HEALTH CARE HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INEFFICIENCY INVESTMENT DECISIONS LAWS LEGISLATION LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MARGINAL COST MERIT GOOD MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY MUNICIPALITIES NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY NETWORK EXTERNALITIES NORMAL GOOD PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY RESEARCH POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRIVATE MARGINAL COST PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY STANDARDS RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SEWAGE SMALL TOWNS TAX REVENUES TAXATION TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELEPHONE COVERAGE TOWNS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UTILITIES UTILITY SERVICES WATER COMPANIES WATER CONSUMPTION WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SERVICES WATER USE WATER UTILITIES WEALTH WELLS SERVICE DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL COMMUNITIES URBAN POVERTY UTILITY FUNCTIONS STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES REGULATORY STRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION POLICY COMPETITIVENESS PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY ACCESSIBLE SERVICES LOW-INCOME PEOPLE CONSUMER SATISFACTION HOUSEHOLD DATA
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/1971352/universally-bad-service-providing-infrastructure-services-rural-poor-urban-consumers http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19264

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/07/1971352/universally-bad-service-providing-infrastructure-services-rural-poor-urban-consumers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19264

Universal(ly Bad) Service : Providing Infrastructure Services to Rural and Poor Urban Consumers

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