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A variety of proposals for creating more competition within the railroad sector and in the broader freight transport sector are under consideration in countries throughout the world. Brazil, though something of a latecomer to wider infrastructure reform, has recently taken large steps in...
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This paper uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) microsimulation model to explore the distributional and poverty-related effects of price reform in the electricity sector of Mali, a poor country in West Africa. In the first part of the paper we analyze the distribution of electricity in...
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This paper uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) macro-micro model to explore the distributional effects of price reform in the electricity sector of Senegal. In the first part of the paper we analyze the distribution of electricity in Senegal by income quintiles, between 1995 and 2001....
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This paper offers a quantitative evaluation of the distribution of the welfare of a water privatization experience in … privatization. Second and contrary to what is often claimed, users benefited through lower real water prices. Third, labor …
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Is privatization per se socially beneficial? Or do those benefits depend on the subsequent changes in the regulatory … counterfactuals about British Telecom privatization and regulation. In the factual scenario, the British government decided to …
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The standard electricity industry reform paradigm in several EU countries since the 1990s includes privatization … insists on a rather unified approach, aiming at the full opening of the internal market. Privatization neither is a necessary … and survey data on consumer satisfaction in the EU-15. Our empirical findings reject the prediction that privatization …
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This paper offers a unique quantitative evaluation of the distribution of the welfare of a water privatization … intermediate suppliers and investors have also clearly benefited during the short privatization duration. However the paper also …
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This paper focuses on the distribution impact from Senegal’s water reforms with emphasis on rates reforms. We first analyze the evolution of consumption patterns before and after the reforms. We found that most of the gains accrue to the highest income classes while the poor have seen little...
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Public enterprises never disappeared in spite of several privatization waves in the last three decades. This paper … and acquisitions confirms that in the last ten years there has been an increase of publicization relative to privatization …
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The proposal to use privatization proceeds in order to decrease public debt in Italy is criticized for several reasons … tax evasion. Without targeting such unbalances, the privatization proceeds will only contribute to delaying a fiscal …
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