People and Power: Electricity Sector Reforms and the Poor in Europe and Central AsiaWorld Bank Publications, 2007 - 227 pages Empirical insights on household behavior and electricity consumption patterns in this book reveal that, in Europe and Central Asia, the erosion of tariff based subsidies has disproportionately affected the poor, while direct transfers through social benefit systems have often been inadequately targeted. The book suggests alternative strategies for achieving cost-recovery in the electricity sector in a socially and politically acceptable manner, providing lessons that are equally relevant for other utilities and regions. |
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Page vi
... Improvements in Electricity Supply 50 How Households Cope with Increasing Collections 51 Use of Substitutes 51 Attitudes to Reform 53 Who Suffered Most:The Impact of Reform 53 Magnitude of the Tariff Increase 53 Overall Impact of the ...
... Improvements in Electricity Supply 50 How Households Cope with Increasing Collections 51 Use of Substitutes 51 Attitudes to Reform 53 Who Suffered Most:The Impact of Reform 53 Magnitude of the Tariff Increase 53 Overall Impact of the ...
Page ix
... Improvements in Service Quality 168 Designing Effective Mitigating Strategies 169 Direct Transfers or Tariff-Based Subsidies? 169 Improving the Efficiency of Energy Consumption 169 Raising Tariffs Gradually 170 Controlling Consumption ...
... Improvements in Service Quality 168 Designing Effective Mitigating Strategies 169 Direct Transfers or Tariff-Based Subsidies? 169 Improving the Efficiency of Energy Consumption 169 Raising Tariffs Gradually 170 Controlling Consumption ...
Page xi
... Improved Service Quality, Resource Efficiency, and Fiscal Balances 10 1.5 The Timing of Costs and Benefits Are Often Mismatched 12 2.1 Winners and Losers from Reform—A Typology of Consumers 21 3.1 Timeline of Reforms in the Electricity ...
... Improved Service Quality, Resource Efficiency, and Fiscal Balances 10 1.5 The Timing of Costs and Benefits Are Often Mismatched 12 2.1 Winners and Losers from Reform—A Typology of Consumers 21 3.1 Timeline of Reforms in the Electricity ...
Page xvi
... improving efficiency. By focusing on these challenges, this book fills an important gap in the literature on utility reform—and as countries in Latin America and elsewhere move closer to solving their access issues, the lessons of ECA ...
... improving efficiency. By focusing on these challenges, this book fills an important gap in the literature on utility reform—and as countries in Latin America and elsewhere move closer to solving their access issues, the lessons of ECA ...
Page xxiv
... improved? Although policy makers were searching for answers to these questions, no routine tool existed to analyze distributional impact—not only for privatization, but any policy reform. The World Bank had its poverty assessments, but ...
... improved? Although policy makers were searching for answers to these questions, no routine tool existed to analyze distributional impact—not only for privatization, but any policy reform. The World Bank had its poverty assessments, but ...
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