Handbook for evaluating infrastructure regulatory systems [[electronic resource] /] / Ashley C. Brown, Jon Stern, and Bernard Tenenbaum ; with Defne Gencer

• Autore: Brown Ashley C. <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (422 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.793/2
• Soggetto topico: Electric utilities - Government policy - Developing countries; Electric utilities - Developing countries - Management; Electric utilities - Finance - Developing countries; Infrastructure (Economics) - Government policy - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SternJon TenenbaumBernard William
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-377) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Tables; Chapter 1 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Infrastructure Regulatory Systems: A Framework and Rationale; Chapter 2 Approaches to Evaluating Regulatory Effectiveness; Figure; Chapter 3 Benchmarks for Regulatory Governance: Key Principles and Critical Standards; Chapter 4 Transitional Regulatory Systems and Criteria for Evaluating Them; Boxes; Chapter 5 How to Recognize Good and Bad Regulation: Regulatory Decisions and Sector Outcomes ; Chapter 6 The Process of Conducting a Regulatory Evaluation: Discussion and Evaluation Tools.Appendix A Critical Standards for Effective Regulation of Infrastructure: A Detailed Exposition; Appendix B Background Documents for Mid-Level and In-Depth Evaluations; Appendix C Questionnaires for Short Basic Evaluations of Infrastructure Regulatory Systems; Appendix D Questionnaires for Mid-Level and In-Depth Evaluations of Infrastructure Regulatory Systems; Appendix E Guidelines and Questions for Mid-Level and In-Depth Evaluations of Infrastructure Regulatory Systems ; Appendix F Sample Terms of Reference for Mid-Level and In-Depth Evaluations of Regulatory Systems Appendix G Summaries of Some Mid-Level and In-Depth Country-Specific Regulatory Evaluations; Appendix H Alternative Regulatory Governance Models; Appendix I Infrastructure Regulation in Failed States and Post-Conflict Countries; A Selected Annotated Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: More than 200 new infrastructure regulators have been created around the world in the last 15 years. They were established to encourage clear and sustainable long-term economic and legal commitments by governments and investors to encourage new investment to benefit existing and new customers. There is now considerable evidence that both investors and consumers-the two groups that were supposed to have benefited from these new regulatory systems-have often been disappointed with their performance. The fundamental premise of this book is that regulatory systems can be successfully reformed only
• Titolo autorizzato: Handbook for evaluating infrastructure regulatory systems
• ISBN: 1-280-50348-3; 9786610503483; 0-8213-6580-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450216203321
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