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Utility privatization and regulation : a fair deal for consumers? / edited by Cecilia Ugaz, Catherine Waddams Price.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextEdward Elgar, 2003Description: xvi, 301 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1843762021 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781843762027
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD2768.L294
Contents:
List of figures vii List of tables x List of contributors xiii Acknowledgements xiv List of abbreviations xv PART I ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY AND INSTITUTIONS Introduction 3 (22) Cecilia Ugaz Catherine Waddams Price Access by the poor in Latin America's utility reform: subsidies and service obligations 25 (29) Omar Chisari Antonio Estache Catherine Waddams Price Access to utilities by the poor: a global perspective 54 (26) Kristin Komives Dale Whittington Xun Wu Consumer participation and pro-poor regulation in Latin America 80 (21) Cecilia Ugaz PART II COUNTRY CASE STUDIES UK utility reform: distributional implications and government response 101 (24) Catherine Waddams Price Alison Young The reform of the utilities sector in Spain 125 (24) Pablo Arocena The reform of the utilities sector in Argentina 149 (26) Jose Delfino Ariel Casarin Can the gains from Argentina's utilities reform offset credit shocks? 175 (28) Daniel Benitez Omar Chisari Antonio Estache Capitalization, regulation and the poor: access to basic services in Bolivia 203 (31) Gover Barja Miguel Urquiola Redistributive impact of privatization and regulation of utilities in Chile 234 (23) Ricardo Paredes M. The social impact of privatization and the regulation of utilities in Peru 257 (32) Maximo Torero Alberto Pasco-Font Index 289
Summary: The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru - and two European countries - Spain and the UK. Access is especially relevant when considering immature systems which have not yet extended to cover the majority of the population, as is the case in many Latin American countries. The authors also address the widespread impact of privatization on the economy (via macroeconomic influences) and the more general issues of subsidies and regulation which are endemic to these industries. The book focuses on the reform of four sectors: telecommunications, electricity, gas, and water and sanitation.-- Provided by publisher
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HD2768.L294 UTI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 160151 Available BK148234
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Includes bibliography and index

List of figures
vii
List of tables
x
List of contributors
xiii
Acknowledgements xiv
List of abbreviations
xv
PART I ACCESS, AFFORDABILITY AND INSTITUTIONS
Introduction
3 (22)
Cecilia Ugaz
Catherine Waddams Price
Access by the poor in Latin America's utility reform: subsidies and service obligations
25 (29)
Omar Chisari
Antonio Estache
Catherine Waddams Price
Access to utilities by the poor: a global perspective
54 (26)
Kristin Komives
Dale Whittington
Xun Wu
Consumer participation and pro-poor regulation in Latin America
80 (21)
Cecilia Ugaz
PART II COUNTRY CASE STUDIES
UK utility reform: distributional implications and government response
101 (24)
Catherine Waddams Price
Alison Young
The reform of the utilities sector in Spain
125 (24)
Pablo Arocena
The reform of the utilities sector in Argentina
149 (26)
Jose Delfino
Ariel Casarin
Can the gains from Argentina's utilities reform offset credit shocks?
175 (28)
Daniel Benitez
Omar Chisari
Antonio Estache
Capitalization, regulation and the poor: access to basic services in Bolivia
203 (31)
Gover Barja
Miguel Urquiola
Redistributive impact of privatization and regulation of utilities in Chile
234 (23)
Ricardo Paredes M.
The social impact of privatization and the regulation of utilities in Peru
257 (32)
Maximo Torero
Alberto Pasco-Font
Index 289

The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru - and two European countries - Spain and the UK. Access is especially relevant when considering immature systems which have not yet extended to cover the majority of the population, as is the case in many Latin American countries. The authors also address the widespread impact of privatization on the economy (via macroeconomic influences) and the more general issues of subsidies and regulation which are endemic to these industries. The book focuses on the reform of four sectors: telecommunications, electricity, gas, and water and sanitation.-- Provided by publisher

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