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(Un)bundling Public-Private Partnership Contracts in the Water Sector : Competition in Auctions and Economies of Scale in Operation
Iimi, Atsushi - 2012
In public-private partnership transactions in the water sector, one of the alleged concerns is that there is little market competition at the auction stage. This paper casts light on a tradeoff between the competition effect at the auction level and potential economies of scale in service...
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Has Private Participation in Water and Sewerage Improved Coverage? Empirical Evidence from Latin America
Wallsten, Scott; Kosec, Katrina; Clarke, George R. G. - 2013
Introducing private sector participation (PSP) into the water and sewerage sectors in developing countries is difficult and controversial. Empirical studies on its effects are scant and generally inconclusive. Case studies tend to find improvements in the sector following privatization, but they...
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How Relevant Is Infrastructure to Growth in East Asia?
Seethepalli, Kalpana; Bramati, Maria Caterina; Veredas, … - 2012
This paper seeks to shed some light on the extent to which infrastructure sub-sectors - energy, telecommunications … additional insights on whether the relationship between infrastructure and growth depends on five additional variables: the … degree of private participation in infrastructure, the quality of governance, the extent of rural-urban inequality in access …
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Infrastructure Governance and Corruption : Where Next?
Kenny, Charles - 2012
Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … governance) can have significantly negative impact on returns to infrastructure investment. This conclusion holds whether … infrastructure is in private or public hands. This paper looks at what has been learned about the role of governance in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552778
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Are Returns to Private Infrastructure in Developing Countries Consistent with Risks Since the Asian Crisis?
Estache, Antonio; Pinglo, Maria Elena - 2013
This paper presents a basic assessment of the financial performance of infrastructure service operators in developing …
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Is Cost Recovery a Feasible Objective for Water and Electricity? The Latin American Experience
Foster, Vivien; Yepes, Tito - 2012
Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are...
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How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
Estache, Antonio; Goicoechea, Ana - 2012
This note provides a snapshot as of 2004 of the share of countries with an independent regulatory agency and with at least some private sector financing of its sectoral investment needs for electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications. Among other things, they show that: For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554064
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Roads, Electricity, and Jobs : Evidence of Infrastructure Complementarity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abbasi, Mansoureh; Lebrand, Mathilde Sylvie Maria; … - 2022
Evidence for road expansion and electrification as drivers of job creation is limited and mixed, with most studies having considered either one or the other, and only in isolation. This paper estimates the average and heterogeneous impacts of road and electricity investments and the interaction...
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How "Natural" are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies
Nauges, C??line; Berg, Caroline H. van den - 2012
Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic development, piped water and sewerage coverage, and...
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Applications of Negotiation Theory to Water Issues
Carraro, Carlo; Marchiori, Carmen; Sgobbi, Alessandra - 2012
The authors review the applications of noncooperative bargaining theory to water related issues-which fall in the category of formal models of negotiation. They aim to identify the conditions under which agreements are likely to emerge and their characteristics, to support policymakers in...
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