Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control?
Some utilities have responded to recent changes in technology and market liberalization by turning themselves into "multi-utilities" that bundle traditionally distinct services. A companion Note reviews recent trends in horizontal integra...
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okr-10986-113872021-06-14T11:01:46Z Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? Sommer, Dirk ASSETS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BIDDING CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS COST SAVINGS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION INNOVATIONS JOINT VENTURES MERGERS MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL MONOPOLIES POLITICAL POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE QUALITY SEWERAGE SERVICES TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS TARIFF REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE COMPANIES TELEVISION URBAN AREAS UTILITIES UTILITY SERVICES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER UTILITIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION UTILITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PAYMENTS TARIFFS POLITICAL POWER REGULATORY AGENCY QUALITY OF SERVICE ACCESS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Some utilities have responded to recent changes in technology and market liberalization by turning themselves into "multi-utilities" that bundle traditionally distinct services. A companion Note reviews recent trends in horizontal integration of utilities. This Note looks at the policy and regulatory implications of those trends for developing countries. The question facing policymakers is whether the emergence of multi-utilities should be encouraged as a means of improving access and quality of utility services -- or subjected to closer control to guard against potential dangers arising from less competition, greater regulatory complexity, and more concentrated political power in the utilities. 2012-08-13T14:55:44Z 2012-08-13T14:55:44Z 2001-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1346422/multi-utilities-policy-promotion-tolerance-or-control Viewpoint. -- Note no. 228 (March 2001) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11387 English Viewpoint CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research |
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ASSETS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BIDDING CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS COST SAVINGS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION INNOVATIONS JOINT VENTURES MERGERS MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL MONOPOLIES POLITICAL POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE QUALITY SEWERAGE SERVICES TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS TARIFF REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE COMPANIES TELEVISION URBAN AREAS UTILITIES UTILITY SERVICES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER UTILITIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION UTILITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PAYMENTS TARIFFS POLITICAL POWER REGULATORY AGENCY QUALITY OF SERVICE ACCESS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK |
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ASSETS BARRIERS TO ENTRY BIDDING CONSUMERS CONTRACTORS COST SAVINGS ECONOMIES OF SCALE ELECTRICITY HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION INNOVATIONS JOINT VENTURES MERGERS MUNICIPALITIES NATURAL MONOPOLIES POLITICAL POWER PRIVATE SECTOR PROVISIONS SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE QUALITY SEWERAGE SERVICES TARIFF ADJUSTMENTS TARIFF REGULATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEPHONE COMPANIES TELEVISION URBAN AREAS UTILITIES UTILITY SERVICES WATER SECTOR WATER SERVICES WATER UTILITIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION UTILITIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES PAYMENTS TARIFFS POLITICAL POWER REGULATORY AGENCY QUALITY OF SERVICE ACCESS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Sommer, Dirk Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? |
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Some utilities have responded to recent
changes in technology and market liberalization by turning
themselves into "multi-utilities" that bundle
traditionally distinct services. A companion Note reviews
recent trends in horizontal integration of utilities. This
Note looks at the policy and regulatory implications of
those trends for developing countries. The question facing
policymakers is whether the emergence of multi-utilities
should be encouraged as a means of improving access and
quality of utility services -- or subjected to closer
control to guard against potential dangers arising from less
competition, greater regulatory complexity, and more
concentrated political power in the utilities. |
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Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? |
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Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? |
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Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? |
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Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? |
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Multi-Utilities : Policy - Promotion, Tolerance, or Control? |
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multi-utilities : policy - promotion, tolerance, or control? |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1346422/multi-utilities-policy-promotion-tolerance-or-control http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11387 |
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