Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies
Unlike the poor in many developing countries, those in Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union, are highly connected to network utilities. During the early 1990s, it became clear that without subsidies, many households would have di...
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okr-10986-114132021-06-14T11:02:20Z Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies Lovei, Laszlo Gurenko, Eugene Haney, Michael O'Keefe, Philip Shkaratan, Maria SUBSIDIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UTILITIES UTILITY FUNCTIONS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS POVERTY INCIDENCE TARGETED ASSISTANCE PRICE DISTORTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CORPORATE TAXES DEBT EVALUATION CRITERIA EXPENDITURES INCOME MUNICIPALITIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE SUBSIDIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES RESIDENTIAL TARIFFS TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES WAGES WATER METERS WORKING CAPITAL Unlike the poor in many developing countries, those in Central and Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union, are highly connected to network utilities. During the early 1990s, it became clear that without subsidies, many households would have difficulty paying their utility bills. Governments started to experiment with various subsidy schemes. This note describes the main schemes, scoring those, based on the following criteria: the extent to which the poor are being reached, i.e., coverage; the share of the subsidy that goes to the poor, i.e., targeting; predictability of the benefit for the poor; the extent of pricing distortions, and other unintended side-effects; and, administration costs, and difficulty. Moreover, the note provides a methodology for governments designing subsidies, to decide which scheme is likely to be the best for their country. 2012-08-13T15:00:03Z 2012-08-13T15:00:03Z 2000-10 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729354/scorecard-subsidies-utility-subsidies-perform-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11413 English Viewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 218 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Viewpoint Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia |
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SUBSIDIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UTILITIES UTILITY FUNCTIONS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS POVERTY INCIDENCE TARGETED ASSISTANCE PRICE DISTORTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CORPORATE TAXES DEBT EVALUATION CRITERIA EXPENDITURES INCOME MUNICIPALITIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE SUBSIDIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES RESIDENTIAL TARIFFS TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES WAGES WATER METERS WORKING CAPITAL |
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SUBSIDIES TRANSITION ECONOMIES UTILITIES UTILITY FUNCTIONS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS POVERTY INCIDENCE TARGETED ASSISTANCE PRICE DISTORTIONS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION LEVELS CORPORATE TAXES DEBT EVALUATION CRITERIA EXPENDITURES INCOME MUNICIPALITIES POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRICE SUBSIDIES PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES RESIDENTIAL TARIFFS TAXATION TRANSITION ECONOMIES WAGES WATER METERS WORKING CAPITAL Lovei, Laszlo Gurenko, Eugene Haney, Michael O'Keefe, Philip Shkaratan, Maria Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies |
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Unlike the poor in many developing
countries, those in Central and Eastern Europe, and the
former Soviet Union, are highly connected to network
utilities. During the early 1990s, it became clear that
without subsidies, many households would have difficulty
paying their utility bills. Governments started to
experiment with various subsidy schemes. This note describes
the main schemes, scoring those, based on the following
criteria: the extent to which the poor are being reached,
i.e., coverage; the share of the subsidy that goes to the
poor, i.e., targeting; predictability of the benefit for the
poor; the extent of pricing distortions, and other
unintended side-effects; and, administration costs, and
difficulty. Moreover, the note provides a methodology for
governments designing subsidies, to decide which scheme is
likely to be the best for their country. |
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Publications & Research :: Viewpoint |
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Lovei, Laszlo Gurenko, Eugene Haney, Michael O'Keefe, Philip Shkaratan, Maria |
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Lovei, Laszlo Gurenko, Eugene Haney, Michael O'Keefe, Philip Shkaratan, Maria |
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Lovei, Laszlo |
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Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies |
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Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies |
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Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies |
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Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies |
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Scorecard for Subsidies : How Utility Subsidies Perform in Transition Economies |
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scorecard for subsidies : how utility subsidies perform in transition economies |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729354/scorecard-subsidies-utility-subsidies-perform-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11413 |
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