LEADER 02974oam 22006255 450 001 9910783341103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-16887-0 010 $a9786610168873 010 $a0-8213-6281-X 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-6280-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000031586 035 $a(EBL)459537 035 $a(OCoLC)84741915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000087639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113067 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000087639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10054520 035 $a(PQKB)11395709 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10082374 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16887 035 $a(The World Bank)2005048641 035 $a(US-djbf)13976879 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000031586 100 $a20050520d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aInstitutions, performance, and the financing of infrastructure services in the Caribbean /$fedited by Abhas Kumar Jha 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$dc2005. 215 $axii, 197 pages $cillustrations, maps ;$d26 cm 225 0 $aWorld Bank working paper,$x1726-5878 ;$vno. 58 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6280-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Summary; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF UNNUMBERED BOXES; 2 Institutions and Infrastructure; 3 Telecommunications Sector; LIST OF TABLES; 4 Electricity Sector; 5 Water Sector; 6 Ports and Maritime Transport; 7 Airports and Aviation; 8 A Strategy to Sustainably Finance Infrastructure in the Caribbean; Annex; LIST OF UNNUMBERED TABLES; References 330 $aThis book reviews the access to services, investment needs, tariffs, and efficiency of fifteen Caribbean countries across five infrastructure sectors (telecommunications, electricity, water and sanitation, maritime transport and ports, and airports and air services). Benchmarks are established to compare Caribbean countries with each other, and with similar countries. To some extent, differences in performance can be explained by unalterable factors such as a given country's size and location. However, we find that, in many cases, differences in performance among countries cannot be completely 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aInfrastructure (Economics)$zCaribbean Area 606 $aEconomics 615 0$aInfrastructure (Economics) 615 0$aEconomics. 676 $a363/.09729 701 $aJha$b Abhas Kumar$f1966-$01494466 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783341103321 996 $aInstitutions, performance, and the financing of infrastructure services in the Caribbean$93718014 997 $aUNINA