This paper reviews the common approaches adopted by regulators to the inclusion and valuation of investment in the regulatory asset base and the allocation of costs of investment between different users as well as between connection and usage charges. The former set of issues are key to the...

Presentation delivered during the seminar "Desarrollo de Infraestructura para un Crecimiento Económico Sostenible. Lecciones Aprendidas de Chile", celebrated in Madrid, Spain, October 2009. The World Bank is stepping up efforts to build capacities for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The...

Governments have long recognized the vital role that modern infrastructure services play in economic growth and poverty alleviation. For much of the post-Second World War period, most governments entrusted delivery of these services to state-owned monopolies. But in many developing countries,...