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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... political and economic systems to market democracies , a process that is still ongoing . In the early 1990s , transition involved political opening , often accompanied by political instability and conflict , and transformation from ...
... political and economic systems to market democracies , a process that is still ongoing . In the early 1990s , transition involved political opening , often accompanied by political instability and conflict , and transformation from ...
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... political pressure in the operation of energy companies to provide electricity at any costs ; strong vested interests to maintain the sta- tus quo ; theft ; corruption ; political tolerance of nonpayment ; lack of incentives on the part ...
... political pressure in the operation of energy companies to provide electricity at any costs ; strong vested interests to maintain the sta- tus quo ; theft ; corruption ; political tolerance of nonpayment ; lack of incentives on the part ...
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... political power also plays a key role . With the Shevardnadze government's diminishing credi- bility in Georgia , corruption and vested interests were given free reign to block reform . In Armenia , too , a year of political instability ...
... political power also plays a key role . With the Shevardnadze government's diminishing credi- bility in Georgia , corruption and vested interests were given free reign to block reform . In Armenia , too , a year of political instability ...
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