People and Power: Electricity Sector Reforms and the Poor in Europe and Central Asia, Pagina 419World Bank, 2007 - 227 pagini The debate on how to conduct pro-poor reforms of utilities frequently condemns tariff-based subsidies as socially regressive. But the empirical insights on household behavior and electricity consumption patterns in this book reveal that, in ECA, where access to utilities is almost universal, 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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... chapters in Part 2 are based on individual case studies . An intro- duction to energy consumption patterns in ECA in the past decade and a half in chapter 3 is followed by country case studies in chapters 4-7 . Each case study sets the ...
... chapters in Part 2 are based on individual case studies . An intro- duction to energy consumption patterns in ECA in the past decade and a half in chapter 3 is followed by country case studies in chapters 4-7 . Each case study sets the ...
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... Chapter 5 looks at how households responded to tariff increases in Georgia . This study was conducted several years after reforms were put in place , giving a longer term perspective to the findings . By looking at how the utility ...
... Chapter 5 looks at how households responded to tariff increases in Georgia . This study was conducted several years after reforms were put in place , giving a longer term perspective to the findings . By looking at how the utility ...
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... CHAPTER 9 Implications for Operational Design The social and political effects of improving utility cost recovery can pro- duce considerable skepticism from stakeholders — as seen with electricity sector reforms in Armenia , Azerbaijan ...
... CHAPTER 9 Implications for Operational Design The social and political effects of improving utility cost recovery can pro- duce considerable skepticism from stakeholders — as seen with electricity sector reforms in Armenia , Azerbaijan ...
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