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 vii
... Privatization Hurt the Poor of Moldova? 89 The Long Slide 89 Residential Energy Consumption in Moldova 93 Effect of Reform on Electricity Consumption 94 Effect of Reform on Service Quality 95 Differences between Urban and Rural ...
... Privatization Hurt the Poor of Moldova? 89 The Long Slide 89 Residential Energy Consumption in Moldova 93 Effect of Reform on Electricity Consumption 94 Effect of Reform on Service Quality 95 Differences between Urban and Rural ...
Page x
... Privatization 174 Conclusion 175 Annexes Annex 1 Overview of the Reform Process in Eight ECA Countries 181 Annex 2 Summary of Household Survey Data 185 Annex 3 Converting Energy Prices into Cost per Effective Btu 201 Annex 4 Combined ...
... Privatization 174 Conclusion 175 Annexes Annex 1 Overview of the Reform Process in Eight ECA Countries 181 Annex 2 Summary of Household Survey Data 185 Annex 3 Converting Energy Prices into Cost per Effective Btu 201 Annex 4 Combined ...
Page xxiv
... privatization, but any policy reform. The World Bank had its poverty assessments, but they were not designed to answer these questions. They tended to be descriptive and their analyses of changes in poverty not policy specific.They were ...
... privatization, but any policy reform. The World Bank had its poverty assessments, but they were not designed to answer these questions. They tended to be descriptive and their analyses of changes in poverty not policy specific.They were ...
Page xxvii
... privatization in improving payments. Chapter 6 considers Moldova,where a newly elected Communist government threatened to reverse one of the biggest privatizations in the region. One argument used by the opponents of reform was that it ...
... privatization in improving payments. Chapter 6 considers Moldova,where a newly elected Communist government threatened to reverse one of the biggest privatizations in the region. One argument used by the opponents of reform was that it ...
Page 3
... privatization of industry, infrastructure, and utilities that emerged from the economic collapse of the early 1990s.As with all reforms necessitated by crises of such magnitude, crises affecting the lives of so many in such tangible ...
... privatization of industry, infrastructure, and utilities that emerged from the economic collapse of the early 1990s.As with all reforms necessitated by crises of such magnitude, crises affecting the lives of so many in such tangible ...
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