Institutions, performance, and the financing of infrastructure services in the Caribbean / / edited by Abhas Kumar Jha

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2005
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 363/.09729
• Soggetto topico: Infrastructure (Economics) - Caribbean Area; Economics
• Altri autori: JhaAbhas Kumar <1966->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Institutions, performance, and the financing of infrastructure services in the Caribbean
• ISBN: 1-280-16887-0; 9786610168873; 0-8213-6281-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783341103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.