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People and power : electricity sector reforms and the poor in Europe and Central Asia

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
eBook, English, ©2007
World Bank, Washington, DC, ©2007
Case studies
1 online resource (xxviii, 227 pages) : illustrations
9780821366332, 9780821366349, 9781280643569, 9786610643561, 0821366335, 0821366343, 1280643560, 6610643563
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Preface : why look at the household effect of reform?
Ch. 1. Power's reforms
and the problems
Ch. 2. Using poverty and social impact analysis to access the distributional impact of power sector reforms
Ch. 3. Energy reforms and trends in household consumption
Ch. 4. Raising prices in Armenia
what happens to the poor?
Ch. 5. Nonpayment and power
Georgia
Ch. 6. Does privatization hurt the poor of Moldova?
Ch. 7. Timing and sequencing of raising rates
Azebaijan
Ch. 8. Coping with the cold : heating strategies for the urban poor
Ch. 9. Implications for operational design
Ch. 10. Conclusion : designing reforms to produce better outcomes for the poor
Annex 1. Overview of the reform process in eight ECA countries
Annex 2. Summary of household survey data
Annex 3. Converting energy prices into cost per effective btu
Annex 4. Combined household survey and utility data for four countries
Annex 5. Changes in generation mix in the past decade and price and income elasticity of demand estimates
"ESMAP."
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011
English