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UNINA9910449709403321 |
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Titolo |
Water, electricity, and the poor [[electronic resource] ] : who benefits from utility subsidies? / / Kristin Komives ... [et al.] ; with support from Roohi Abdullah |
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Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-23829-1 |
9786610238293 |
0-8213-6343-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (306 p.) |
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Collana |
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Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public utilities - Rates - Developing countries |
Subsidies - Developing countries |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1 Introduction; Tables; 2 A Typology of Consumer Utility Subsidies; Boxes; Figures; 3 The Rationale for Subsidizing Services for the Poor; 4 The Determinants of Targeting Performance: A Conceptual Framework; 5 The Targeting Performance of Quantity-Based Subsidies; 6 Can the Targeting Performance of Consumption Subsidies Be Improved?; 7 The Targeting Performance of Connection Subsidies; 8 Consumer Utility Subsidies as Instruments of Social Policy; 9 Beyond Subsidies-Other Means of Achieving Sectoral Goals; 10 Conclusions |
AppendixesBibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This book is an extremely thorough and readable review of how effective utility subsidies are in reaching the poor. It makes sobering reading for policy makers who have implemented such subsidy programmes, who are looking for ways to ameliorate heavy price increases, or who believed that these subsidies were useful instruments for alleviating poverty." - Catherine Waddams, Director, Center for Competition PolicySchool of Management, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom "This study makes a fine contribution, theoretical and |
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