LEADER 03116nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910449709403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-23829-1 010 $a9786610238293 010 $a0-8213-6343-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000225123 035 $a(EBL)459550 035 $a(OCoLC)62190990 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000090161 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11122228 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000090161 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092414 035 $a(PQKB)11116394 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459550 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459550 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091277 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL23829 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000225123 100 $a20050627d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWater, electricity, and the poor$b[electronic resource] $ewho benefits from utility subsidies? /$fKristin Komives ... [et al.] ; with support from Roohi Abdullah 210 $aWashington, DC $cWorld Bank$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6342-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aAppendixesBibliography; Index 330 $a"This book is an extremely thorough and readable review of how effective utility subsidies are in reaching the poor. It makes sobering reading for policy makers who have implemented such subsidy programmes, who are looking for ways to ameliorate heavy price increases, or who believed that these subsidies were useful instruments for alleviating poverty." - Catherine Waddams, Director, Center for Competition PolicySchool of Management, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom "This study makes a fine contribution, theoretical and empirical, in an area where much nonsense has been preached, and 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aPublic utilities$xRates$zDeveloping countries 606 $aSubsidies$zDeveloping countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic utilities$xRates 615 0$aSubsidies 676 $a333.71/58/091724 701 $aKomives$b Kristin$0879862 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449709403321 996 $aWater, electricity, and the poor$91964708 997 $aUNINA