UID:
almafu_9958066482802883
Format:
xv, 306 pages :
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illustrations ;
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24 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-08466-9
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9781417505346
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9786610084661
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1-4175-0534-6
Series Statement:
A World Bank policy research report
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Report Team -- Executive Summary -- State-owned Monopolies Often Exhibited Poor Performance ... -- . . .Leading to a New Model for Financing and Providing Infrastructure -- The New Model Poses Risks-But Also Holds Considerable Promise -- What Effects Have Reforms Had? -- Developing Good Regulation Remains a Major Challenge -- Many Prices and Subsidies Still Require Reform -- An Agenda for Action-From Institution Building to Policymaking -- 1. The New Paradigm for Network Utilities -- Why Are Network Utilities So Important? -- From State to Market-Changing Views on Utilities -- The Dawn of a New Utility Model -- Framework for Assessing Reforms and Regulations -- Recent Experiences with Privatization and Reform-Promises and Perils -- Second Generation Reforms-Choices and Challenges -- 2. Crafting Regulation for Privatized Infrastructure -- The Emergence of Post-Privatization Regulation -- The Evolution and Elements of Effective Regulation -- The Structure of Regulatory Institutions -- The Importance of Regulatory Commitment -- Getting the Economics Right -- Mechanisms to Regulate Prices -- Moving toward More Practical Regulation -- 3. Restructuring Electricity Supply -- Background to Electricity Reform -- Addressing the Problems of State Ownership -- Regulatory Challenges -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 4. Managing Private Participation in Transportation -- Railroads: Restructuring Regulation for the Public Interest -- Ports: Alternatives for Organizing a Multiproduct Activity -- 5. Reforming the Water Sector -- Economics of Water Supply -- Options for Competition and Market Structure -- Choosing Regulation -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 6. An Agenda for Action -- Assessing Reform's Effects on Performance and Distribution -- Pricing Reform-Balancing Efficiency and Equity.
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Facilitating Access to Bottleneck Facilities -- References -- Boxes -- 1.1 Milestones in Infrastructure Reform in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union -- 1.2 The Technological Revolution in Telecommunications -- 1.3 Power Generation in Brazil Shows That Privatization Is Not Always the Best Approach -- 1.4 Disadvantages of Vertical Separation -- 1.5 Prerequisites for Effective Privatization -- 1.6 Using Competition Policy to Avoid Regulatory Capture -- 1.7 Telmex's Market Power in the Internet Market -- 1.8 Consumer Participation in Colombia's Rulemaking -- 2.1 Regulation in Argentina-Repeating U.S. Mistakes -- 2.2 Recent Shortcomings and Achievements in Infrastructure Regulation -- 2.3 Decentralized Water Services in Mexico and Morocco -- 2.4 Latvia's Public Utilities Regulation Commission -- 2.5 Examples of Allegedly Opportunistic Government Behavior -- 2.6 Regulatory Rigidity in Chile -- 2.7 Cost-Plus Mechanisms -- 2.8 Price Constraints Imposed by Price Cap Plans -- 2.9 Hybrid Regulatory Mechanisms -- 2.10 African Cooperation on Telecommunications Regulation -- 3.1 Rationale for Structural Integration of the Electricity Industry -- 3.2 Power Shortages in the Philippines -- 3.3 Opening the Electricity Market-Photovoltaic Systems in Kenya -- 3.4 Underpricing Undermines Electricity Expansion in Zimbabwe -- 3.5 Stranded Power Purchase Agreements in Poland -- 3.6 Lessons from California's Experience -- 4.1 Limited Rail Options Result in Captive Shippers -- 4.2 Examples of Port Services -- 4.3 Organizational Structures of Ports -- 5.1 Water Systems in Small African Towns and Rural Areas -- 5.2 Problems with Service Contracts in Mexico City -- 5.3 Private Sector Transactions in Water and Sanitation -- 5.4 Objectives of Water Tariff Design -- 5.5 An Aborted Attempt at Water Concessioning in Atlanta, Georgia.
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5.6 Creative Management of South Africa's Commitment to Free Water -- 5.7 Making New Connections Affordable in Buenos Aires -- 5.8 Adapting Quality Standards to Permit Extensions of Low-cost Service in El Alto -- 5.9 Providing Incentives to Extend Service in Côte d'Ivoire -- 6.1 The World Bank Wonders about Utility Privatizations -- 6.2 The Need for Data on Infrastructure Reform -- 6.3 Criteria for Designing Subsidies -- 6.4 Picking Apart Cross-Subsidies -- Figures -- 1 In 1990-2001, Latin America and East Asia Received the Most Private Investment in Infrastructure -- 2 Private Investment in Infrastructure in Developing and Transition Countries Peaked in 1997 -- 3 Privatized Services Have Increased Access to Safe Water in a Variety of Cities and Countries -- 4 In 1989-94, Privatization Contributed to Faster Growth in Phone Lines in Latin America -- 5 Railway Concessions Sharply Increased Labor Productivity in the 1990s -- 6 In 2000, Electricity Prices Covered a Small Fraction of Long-Run Marginal Costs in Many Transition Economies -- 1.1 Latin America and the Caribbean Has Led Developing Regions in Private Investment in Infrastructure, 1990-2001 -- 1.2 The Optimal Size of Power Generating Plants Has Shrunk -- 1.3 There Are Now More Mobile Phone Users Than Fixed Phone Lines -- 1.4 Latin Americans Increasingly Disapprove of Privatization -- 1.5 Privatization Has Led to Rapid Growth in Telecommunications Networks -- 1.6 Private Competition Generated the Fastest Growth in Telecommunications Lines in Latin America -- 1.7 Electricity Prices Often Fail to Cover Costs in Europe and Central Asia, 2000 -- 1.8 Despite Liberalization, Entrants into the Local Exchange Account for a Small Share of Latin American Telecom Markets, 2001 Second Quarter -- 2.1 Results from a Survey of Telecommunications Regulators, 2001.
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2.2 Regulatory Indexes for Telecommunications in Latin America, 1980-97 -- 3.1 Vertical Integration in Electricity -- 3.2 Customers per Electricity Employee in Selected African Countries, 1998 -- 3.3 Projected Costs of Small-Scale Electricity Generation Technologies, 2000-15 -- 3.4 The Single-Buyer Model for Electricity -- 3.5 The Wholesale Competition Model for Electricity -- 3.6 Average Ratios of Household to Industrial Electricity Prices, 1990-99 -- 3.7 Types of Private Investment in Electricity, by Region, 1990-2001 -- 3.8 Top 20 Recipients of Private Investment in Electricity, 1990-99 -- 3.9 Post-Privatization Labor Productivity in Electricity Distribution in Argentina, Chile, and the United Kingdom -- 3.10 Energy Losses among Argentina's Distribution Companies, at Privatization and in 1999 -- 3.11 Electricity Coverage in Peru, 1986-97 -- 4.1 Railroad Freight in Transition Countries, 1988-2001 -- 4.2 Cumulative Investment in Rail Projects with Private Participation in Developing and Transition Countries, 1990-2001 -- 4.3 Performance of Class I U.S. Railroads, 1964-2000 -- 4.4 Rail Labor Productivity in Argentina, 1974-2000 -- 4.5 Cumulative Investment in Port Projects with Private Participation in Developing and Transition Countries, 1990-2001 -- 5.1 Winners and Losers before and after Adjustments to a Water Concession in Parana, Argentina -- 6.1 Telephone and Water Access in Urban and Rural Areas of Developing Regions, 1990s -- Tables -- 1.1 Private Investment in Infrastructure in Developing and Transition Economies, by Sector, 1990-2001 -- 1.2 Noncompetitive and Competitive Components of Network Industries -- 1.3 Exclusivity Periods for Incumbent Telecommunications Operators in Latin America -- 1.4 Access to Infrastructure Services in Urban and Rural Areas of Developing Regions, late 1990s.
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1.5 Average Household Incomes and Energy Tariffs in Ukraine, 1992-98 -- 2.1 Ranking of Infrastructure Regulation in Asia, by Sector and Institutional Criteria, 1998 -- 2.2 Example of Infrastructure Concessions in Developing and Transition Economies -- 2.3 X factor Decisions in U.K. and U.S. Telecommunications Regulation, 1984-Present -- 2.4 Features of Rate of Return and Price Cap Regulation -- 3.1 Net Electricity Consumption in Industrial and Developing Countries, 1990-2020 -- 3.2 Options for the Structure of Electricity Markets -- 3.3 Cash Collection and Commercial Losses for Electricity Companies in Southeastern Europe, 2000 -- 3.4 Market Shares of the Three Largest Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Companies in Various Countries, 2000 -- 3.5 Electricity Reforms by Region, 1998 -- 3.6 Private Investment in Electricity by Region, 1990-99 -- 4.1 Market Structure and Ownership Options in Railroads, Various Countries, 2001 -- 4.2 Rail Freight Tariffs in the Initial Years of Concessions and in 1999, Various Countries -- 4.3 Operating Performance of Ports in Colombia before and after Reforms, 1993 and 1996 -- 5.1 Ratios of Prices Charged by Water Vendors and Public Utilities -- 5.2 Institutional Options for Water Supply -- 5.3 Initial Conditions and Reforms in Six Water Systems -- 5.4 Effects of Reforms on Access and Waste in Six Water Systems.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-5070-6
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-5070-6
