04237nam 22007214a 450 991095870430332120251116160418.01-280-08768-497866100876860-585-41219-710.1596/0-8213-5039-0(CKB)111056486748532(OCoLC)232161875(CaPaEBR)ebrary5007778(SSID)ssj0000085194(PQKBManifestationID)11112738(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085194(PQKBWorkID)10005993(PQKB)10140702(MiAaPQ)EBC3050494(Au-PeEL)EBL3050494(CaPaEBR)ebr5007778(CaONFJC)MIL8768(OCoLC)50322349(The World Bank)2001046928(US-djbf)12561526(BIP)46128091(BIP)7445630(EXLCZ)9911105648674853220011011d2001 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAccounting for poverty in infrastructure reform learning from Latin America's experience /Antonio Estache, Vivien Foster, Quentin Wodon1st ed.Washington, D.C. World Bank2001vii, 122 pages illustrations ;24 cmWBI development studiesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8213-5039-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-116) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Background -- Investment and Reform Needs -- Competition Rules and Regulatory Design -- Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Linkages between Infrastructure Reforms and Poverty -- Macroeconomic Linkages -- Microeconomic Linkages -- Policy Implications -- Promoting Access -- Trends in Access Rates -- Time Frame of Benefits -- Who Has Gained Access? -- Instruments to Improve or Facilitate Access -- Concluding Comments -- Appendix 3.1. Access to Electricity, Water, and Telephone, by Country, Selected Years, 1986-96 -- Appendix 3.1. (continued) -- Appendix 3.2. Sector-Specific Access Rates by Income Deciles for Latin America, 1986- 96 -- Appendix 3.2. (continued) -- Ensuring Consumption Affordability -- Impact of Infrastructure Reform -- Improving Consumption Affordability for the Poorest -- Reducing the Costs of Service -- Facilitating Payment -- Targeting an Instrument -- Concluding Comments -- Establishing Priorities -- Diagnostic Tools for Access -- Diagnostic Tools for Affordability -- Setting Access and Affordability Priorities -- Setting Infrastructure Sector Priorities -- The Decision Tree -- General Policy Guidelines to Protect the Poor -- Concluding Comments -- Appendix 5.1. Access to Electricity and Water by Income Decile, Selected Countries and Years -- References -- Index.The study explores the link between infrastructure reform and poverty observed in Latin America. It details why infrastructure investment is likely to continue to be a core component of many poverty alleviation programs. The study also stresses why and how, in most countries, infrastructure reform aimed at promoting private financing of investment needs, must be designed in ways in which poverty concerns are taken into account. It provides practical guidelines and options to ensure that the critical needs for additional infrastructure investments are met and that the strategies to address the needs of the poor are as cost effective as possible.WBI development studies.Public utilitiesLatin AmericaPovertyLatin AmericaPrivatizationLatin AmericaPublic utilitiesPovertyPrivatization363/.098Estache Antonio1792489Foster Vivien1968-145543Wodon Quentin1104883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958704303321Accounting for poverty in infrastructure reform4477266UNINA