Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options

Regulating Quality : Let Competing Firms Offer a Mix of Price and Quality Options

In many developing countries, the regulation of infrastructure service standards is rigid, and makes services too expensive for the poor. The current wave of liberalization of infrastructure, is an opportunity to address this problem. Debate on exp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Baker, Bill, Tremolet, Sophie
Format: Viewpoint
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCOUNT
BILLING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC VALUE
ECONOMICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
FLEXIBILITY
IMAGE
INCOME
INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
INTERVENTION
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET POWER
NGO
POLLUTION
PRODUCERS
PRODUCTION COSTS
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY DIFFERENTIATION
QUALITY STANDARDS
SERVICE QUALITY
WILLINGNESS TO PAY INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
ACCESSIBLE SERVICES
POVERTY INCIDENCE
ACCESS POLICY
REFORM POLICY
PRICE POLICY
QUALITY CONTROL
SERVICES DELIVERY
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729357/regulating-quality-competing-firms-offer-mix-price-quality-options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11416

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729357/regulating-quality-competing-firms-offer-mix-price-quality-options
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11416

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