In most industrialized countries electric power tariffs for residential consumption are higher than for industrial customers. In Russia, as in some other transition countries, this pattern is reversed, but at the same time the overall level of tariffs is very low. Cross subsidization of...

Senegal's growth has been sluggish in recent years, with implications for poverty reduction. Average growth was relatively strong in 1995–2005 and accompanied by a large drop in poverty incidence. Due partly to a series of exogenous shocks, growth decreased to an average of 3.3 percent in...