Infrastructure Performance And Reform In Developing And Transition Economies
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Infrastructure Performance And Reform In Developing And Transition Economies
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Author : Lourdes Trujillo
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2005
Infrastructure Performance And Reform In Developing And Transition Economies written by Lourdes Trujillo and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Industrial productivity categories.
"Estache, Perelman, and Trujillo review about 80 studies on electricity and gas, water and sanitation, and rail and ports (with a footnote on telecommunications) in developing countries. The main policy lesson is that there is a difference in the relevance of ownership for efficiency between utilities and transport in developing countries. In transport, private operators have tended to perform better than public operators. For utilities, ownership often does not matter as much as sometimes argued. Most cross-country studies find no statistically significant difference in efficiency scores between public and private providers. As for the country-specific studies, some do find differences in performance over time but these differences tend to matter much less than a large number of other variables. Across sectors, private operators functioning in a competitive environment or regulated under price caps or hybrid regulatory regimes tend to catch up best practice faster than public operators. There is a very strong case to push regulators in developing and transition economies toward a more systematic reliance on yardstick competition in a sector in which residual monopoly powers tend to be common. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to document the state of the sector"--World Bank web site.
Infrastructure Performance And Reform In Developing And Transition Economies
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Author : Antonio Estache
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Infrastructure Performance And Reform In Developing And Transition Economies written by Antonio Estache and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
The authors review about 80 studies on electricity and gas, water and sanitation, and rail and ports (with a footnote on telecommunications) in developing countries. The main policy lesson is that there is a difference in the relevance of ownership for efficiency between utilities and transport in developing countries. In transport, private operators have tended to perform better than public operators. For utilities, ownership often does not matter as much as sometimes argued. Most cross-country studies find no statistically significant difference in efficiency scores between public and private providers. As for the country-specific studies, some do find differences in performance over time but these differences tend to matter much less than a large number of other variables. Across sectors, private operators functioning in a competitive environment or regulated under price caps or hybrid regulatory regimes tend to catch up best practice faster than public operators. There is a very strong case to push regulators in developing and transition economies toward a more systematic reliance on yardstick competition in a sector in which residual monopoly powers tend to be common.
Reforming Infrastructure
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Author : Ioannis Nicolaos Kessides
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Reforming Infrastructure written by Ioannis Nicolaos Kessides and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Business & Economics categories.
Electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, railways, and water supply, are often vertically and horizontally integrated state monopolies. This results in weak services, especially in developing and transition economies, and for poor people. Common problems include low productivity, high costs, bad quality, insufficient revenue, and investment shortfalls. Many countries over the past two decades have restructured, privatized and regulated their infrastructure. This report identifies the challenges involved in this massive policy redirection. It also assesses the outcomes of these changes, as well as their distributional consequences for poor households and other disadvantaged groups. It recommends directions for future reforms and research to improve infrastructure performance, identifying pricing policies that strike a balance between economic efficiency and social equity, suggesting rules governing access to bottleneck infrastructure facilities, and proposing ways to increase poor people's access to these crucial services.
Reforming Infrastructure
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Author : Ioannis Nicolaos Kessides
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2004
Reforming Infrastructure written by Ioannis Nicolaos Kessides and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Business & Economics categories.
Electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, railways, and water supply, are often vertically and horizontally integrated state monopolies. This results in weak services, especially in developing and transition economies, and for poor people. Common problems include low productivity, high costs, bad quality, insufficient revenue, and investment shortfalls. Many countries over the past two decades have restructured, privatized and regulated their infrastructure. This report identifies the challenges involved in this massive policy redirection. It also assesses the outcomes of these changes, as well as their distributional consequences for poor households and other disadvantaged groups. It recommends directions for future reforms and research to improve infrastructure performance, identifying pricing policies that strike a balance between economic efficiency and social equity, suggesting rules governing access to bottleneck infrastructure facilities, and proposing ways to increase poor people's access to these crucial services.
Services Policy Reform And Economic Growth In Tranisition Economics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
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Services Policy Reform And Economic Growth In Tranisition Economics written by and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Infrastructure Services In Developing Countries
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Author : Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2004
Infrastructure Services In Developing Countries written by Cecilia Briceño-Garmendia and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Infrastructure (Economics) categories.
"Briceno, Estache, and Shafik 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. This paper--a product of the Office of the Vice President, Infrastructure Network--is part of a larger effort in the network to upgrade economic and policy work in infrastructure"--World Bank web site.
Economic Reform In Developing Countries
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Author : Lyn Squire
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2008-05-30
Economic Reform In Developing Countries written by Lyn Squire and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-30 with Business & Economics categories.
This book offers insights into the process of economic reform in developing countries. It is organized around three factors that are critical to the success of any reform. According to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, these key dimensions are Reach, Range, and Reason. 'Reach' refers to the ability of reform to be person-centered and evenhanded, reaching all individuals in society. 'Range' considers the institutional reforms and policy changes necessary to implement change and the possible ripple effects on other policies and populations. Finally, 'Reason' captures the importance of constantly asking why a particular reform has been selected.
Infrastructure Privatization And Regulation
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Author : Ioannis N. Kessides
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Infrastructure Privatization And Regulation written by Ioannis N. Kessides and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Electronic book categories.
Infrastructure Services In Developing Countries
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Author : Cecilia Brice??o-Garmendia
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Infrastructure Services In Developing Countries written by Cecilia Brice??o-Garmendia and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
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.
Accounting For Poverty In Infrastructure Reform
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Author : Antonio Estache
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2002
Accounting For Poverty In Infrastructure Reform written by Antonio Estache and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Political Science categories.
Annotation This book provides practical guidelines and options for infrastructure reform that result in access and affordability for the poor. It includes a new model for reform that consists of three main components - policies, regulation, and provision which when properly balanced minimize the risks associated with reform.