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 x
... Prices into Cost per Effective Btu 201 Annex 4 Combined Household Survey and Utility Data for Four Countries 203 Annex 5 Changes in Generation Mix in the Past Decade and Price and Income Elasticity of Demand Estimates 207 References 211 ...
... Prices into Cost per Effective Btu 201 Annex 4 Combined Household Survey and Utility Data for Four Countries 203 Annex 5 Changes in Generation Mix in the Past Decade and Price and Income Elasticity of Demand Estimates 207 References 211 ...
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... Cost per Effective Btu 201 A4.1 Summary of Combined Household Survey and Utility Data for Four Countries 203 A5.1 Empirical Estimates of Price and Income Elasticity of Residential Electricity Demand in Developing Countries 209 5.5 ...
... Cost per Effective Btu 201 A4.1 Summary of Combined Household Survey and Utility Data for Four Countries 203 A5.1 Empirical Estimates of Price and Income Elasticity of Residential Electricity Demand in Developing Countries 209 5.5 ...
Page xiv
... Cost of Heating for High and Low Demand, Yerevan,Armenia 137 9.1 Price Elasticity of Residential Power Demand Depends on Local Conditions 146 9.2 Electricity Tariffs Are Higher Than Gas Tariffs, 1992–2002 154 9.3 Electricity Is a Small ...
... Cost of Heating for High and Low Demand, Yerevan,Armenia 137 9.1 Price Elasticity of Residential Power Demand Depends on Local Conditions 146 9.2 Electricity Tariffs Are Higher Than Gas Tariffs, 1992–2002 154 9.3 Electricity Is a Small ...
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... elasticity of energy demand.21 In doing so, however, it must be remembered that differences in rates of change in ... price elasticity of electricity expenditures, which is lower for the poor than for the nonpoor in the countries studied ...
... elasticity of energy demand.21 In doing so, however, it must be remembered that differences in rates of change in ... price elasticity of electricity expenditures, which is lower for the poor than for the nonpoor in the countries studied ...
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... price change, lowering their consumption by an average of 20 percent from 152 KWh per month in 1998 to 121 KWh per month in 1999, enough for a refrigerator and a few lightbulbs. This suggests that consumption was more elastic among the ...
... price change, lowering their consumption by an average of 20 percent from 152 KWh per month in 1998 to 121 KWh per month in 1999, enough for a refrigerator and a few lightbulbs. This suggests that consumption was more elastic among the ...
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