Private provision of rural infrastructure services : competing for subsidies / Vivien Foster, Christina Malmberg-Calvo, and Bjorn Wellenius.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Foster, Vivien, 1968-

Contributor:

World Bank.

Calvo, Christina Malmberg, 1958-

Wellenius, Bjorn.

Series:

Policy research working papers ; 3365.

World Bank e-Library.

Policy research working paper ; 3365

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infrastructure (Economics)--Developing countries.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Subsidies--Developing countries.

Subsidies.

Developing countries--Rural conditions.

Developing countries.

Other Title:

Policy research working paper vol. 3365

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2004]

System Details:

data file

Summary:

"Market-oriented reforms of infrastructure in developing countries tend to focus primarily on commercially viable services in urban areas. Nevertheless, an increasing number of countries are beginning to experiment with extending the market paradigm to infrastructure services in rural areas that are often less attractive in commercial terms. In these cases, subsidies are used to close the gap between market requirements and development needs, and are increasingly determined and allocated on a competitive basis. The authors discuss the conditions under which competition among firms for such subsidies successfully used in the telecommunications sector in a number of middle-income countries could also be applied to electricity, water and sanitation, and transportation services in lower-income countries. This paper is a product of the Finance, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region"--World Bank web site.

Notes:

Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/6/2004.

Includes bibliographical references.

Publisher Number:

10.1596/1813-9450-3365