Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s

Although the link between improved infrastructure services and economic growth is uncertain, it is clear that reforms aimed at creating competition and regulating natural monopolies establish an environment conducive to private sector participation...

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Main Author: Estache, Antonio
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
AIR
BUS
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/17580157/privatization-regulation-transport-infrastructure-1990s
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17127
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topic ACCESS ROADS
ACCOUNTING
AIR
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
AIRPORT
AIRPORT ACTIVITIES
AIRPORT OPERATORS
AIRPORTS
ALLOCATION OF RISK
ARBITRATION
ASSET SALES
AUCTION
AUCTIONS
BIDS
BRIDGE
BRIDGE FINANCING
BUS
BUS SERVICES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
CARS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CLIENT BASES
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMPLIANCE COSTS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
CONGESTION
CONGESTION COSTS
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
COST OF CAPITAL
CREDIBILITY
CREDIT RATINGS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY RISK
DEBT
DEBT CAPITAL
DEBT INSTRUMENTS
DEBTS
DEFICITS
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DISBURSEMENTS
DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
EQUIPMENT
EQUITY HOLDERS
EXCESS SUPPLY
EXTERNALITIES
FAIR PRICE
FARES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES
FINANCING REQUIREMENTS
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
GRACE PERIOD
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HIGHWAYS
INCENTIVE STRUCTURE
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTRUMENT
INTEGRATED REGULATION
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
INTERURBAN ROUTES
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANKS
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTMENT RISK
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LARGE CITIES
LAWS
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
LENDERS
LEVEL OF RISK
LIBERALIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LONG-DISTANCE
LONG-TERM CAPITAL
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET STRUCTURE
MATURITY
MATURITY PERIOD
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MODES OF TRANSPORT
MONOPOLIES
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL SECURITY
O&M
OLIGOPOLIES
OPERATING RISK
PASSENGER RAIL
PASSENGERS
PERMANENT DEBT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL RISKS
PORTFOLIO
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
PRICE CAP
PRICE CAP REGULATION
PRICE CAPS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE ENTITY
PRIVATE EQUITY
PRIVATE FINANCE
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRIVATE SALES
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATIONS
PUBLIC ASSETS
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC OFFERINGS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
RAIL
RAIL PROJECTS
RAIL SERVICES
RAIL TRACKS
RAILWAY
RAILWAY REGULATORS
RAILWAYS
RATE OF RETURN
RATES OF RETURN
REGULATOR
REGULATORY AGENCIES
REGULATORY AGENCY
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
REGULATORY CAPACITY
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY REGIME
REGULATORY REGIMES
RENEGOTIATION
RENEGOTIATIONS
RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY
RETURN ON EQUITY
RETURNS
RISK OF EXPROPRIATION
RISK PREMIUM
RISK PREMIUMS
ROAD
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD PROJECTS
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROLLING STOCK
ROUTE
RUNWAY
RUNWAYS
SAFETY
SAFETY ISSUES
SALES OF ASSETS
SAVINGS
SHARE OF INVESTMENT
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
TAX
TAX REGIME
TAX REVENUE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROADS
TOLLS
TRAFFIC
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
TRANSPORT ACTIVITY
TRANSPORT AGENCIES
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT
TRANSPORT OPERATORS
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT REGULATION
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
TRUCKS
URBAN ROADS
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
spellingShingle ACCESS ROADS
ACCOUNTING
AIR
AIR TRAFFIC
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
AIRPORT
AIRPORT ACTIVITIES
AIRPORT OPERATORS
AIRPORTS
ALLOCATION OF RISK
ARBITRATION
ASSET SALES
AUCTION
AUCTIONS
BIDS
BRIDGE
BRIDGE FINANCING
BUS
BUS SERVICES
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CAPITAL STRUCTURE
CARS
CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
CLIENT BASES
COMMITMENT DEVICE
COMPLIANCE COSTS
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
CONGESTION
CONGESTION COSTS
CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS
COST OF CAPITAL
CREDIBILITY
CREDIT RATINGS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY RISK
DEBT
DEBT CAPITAL
DEBT INSTRUMENTS
DEBTS
DEFICITS
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT
DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES
DEREGULATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DISBURSEMENTS
DOMESTIC AIRPORTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EMERGING ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKET
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
EQUIPMENT
EQUITY HOLDERS
EXCESS SUPPLY
EXTERNALITIES
FAIR PRICE
FARES
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL STRUCTURES
FINANCING REQUIREMENTS
FISCAL CONSTRAINTS
FREIGHT
FREIGHT TRANSPORT
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
GRACE PERIOD
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HIGHWAYS
INCENTIVE STRUCTURE
INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
INSTITUTION BUILDING
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTRUMENT
INTEGRATED REGULATION
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL EQUITY
INTERURBAN ROUTES
INVESTING
INVESTMENT BANKS
INVESTMENT DECISIONS
INVESTMENT PROJECTS
INVESTMENT RISK
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
LARGE CITIES
LAWS
LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
LENDERS
LEVEL OF RISK
LIBERALIZATION
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LONG-DISTANCE
LONG-TERM CAPITAL
MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET STRUCTURE
MATURITY
MATURITY PERIOD
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
MODES OF TRANSPORT
MONOPOLIES
MONOPOLY
NATIONAL SECURITY
O&M
OLIGOPOLIES
OPERATING RISK
PASSENGER RAIL
PASSENGERS
PERMANENT DEBT
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL RISKS
PORTFOLIO
POTENTIAL INVESTORS
PRICE CAP
PRICE CAP REGULATION
PRICE CAPS
PRIVATE CAPITAL
PRIVATE ENTITY
PRIVATE EQUITY
PRIVATE FINANCE
PRIVATE FINANCING
PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE INVESTORS
PRIVATE SALES
PRIVATE TRANSPORT
PRIVATIZATION
PRIVATIZATIONS
PUBLIC ASSETS
PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FUNDS
PUBLIC OFFERINGS
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
RAIL
RAIL PROJECTS
RAIL SERVICES
RAIL TRACKS
RAILWAY
RAILWAY REGULATORS
RAILWAYS
RATE OF RETURN
RATES OF RETURN
REGULATOR
REGULATORY AGENCIES
REGULATORY AGENCY
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
REGULATORY CAPACITY
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
REGULATORY REGIME
REGULATORY REGIMES
RENEGOTIATION
RENEGOTIATIONS
RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY
RETURN ON EQUITY
RETURNS
RISK OF EXPROPRIATION
RISK PREMIUM
RISK PREMIUMS
ROAD
ROAD MAINTENANCE
ROAD PROJECTS
ROAD TRANSPORT
ROADS
ROLLING STOCK
ROUTE
RUNWAY
RUNWAYS
SAFETY
SAFETY ISSUES
SALES OF ASSETS
SAVINGS
SHARE OF INVESTMENT
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
TAX
TAX REGIME
TAX REVENUE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOLL
TOLL ROAD
TOLL ROADS
TOLLS
TRAFFIC
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES
TRANSPORT ACTIVITY
TRANSPORT AGENCIES
TRANSPORT COSTS
TRANSPORT FACILITIES
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT
TRANSPORT OPERATORS
TRANSPORT PROJECTS
TRANSPORT REGULATION
TRANSPORT SECTOR
TRANSPORT SERVICES
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
TRUCKS
URBAN ROADS
VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
Estache, Antonio
Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s
description Although the link between improved infrastructure services and economic growth is uncertain, it is clear that reforms aimed at creating competition and regulating natural monopolies establish an environment conducive to private sector participation, incentives for companies to strive for efficiency savings that can ultimately be passed on to consumers, and greater provision of services (such as faster roll-out of infrastructure or innovative solutions to service delivery for customers not connected to an existing network). In determining the form that infrastructure restructuring might undertake or the design of a regulatory agency, policymakers can generally benefit from a review of the experiences of other countries. A key element of any decision making process should be a review of how the various types of reform will affect the efficiency of the sector and whether they will increase private financing of its significant investment needs.
format Journal Article
author Estache, Antonio
author_facet Estache, Antonio
author_sort Estache, Antonio
title Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s
title_short Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s
title_full Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s
title_fullStr Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s
title_full_unstemmed Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s
title_sort privatization and regulation of transport infrastructure in the 1990s
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/17580157/privatization-regulation-transport-infrastructure-1990s
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17127
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spelling okr-10986-171272021-04-23T14:03:29Z Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s Estache, Antonio ACCESS ROADS ACCOUNTING AIR AIR TRAFFIC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AIRPORT AIRPORT ACTIVITIES AIRPORT OPERATORS AIRPORTS ALLOCATION OF RISK ARBITRATION ASSET SALES AUCTION AUCTIONS BIDS BRIDGE BRIDGE FINANCING BUS BUS SERVICES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CARS CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS CLIENT BASES COMMITMENT DEVICE COMPLIANCE COSTS CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONFLICTS OF INTEREST CONGESTION CONGESTION COSTS CONTRACT RENEGOTIATIONS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS COST OF CAPITAL CREDIBILITY CREDIT RATINGS CURRENCY CURRENCY RISK DEBT DEBT CAPITAL DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBTS DEFICITS DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT DEMAND FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES DEREGULATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEVELOPING ECONOMIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DISBURSEMENTS DOMESTIC AIRPORTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMERGING ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKET ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS EQUIPMENT EQUITY HOLDERS EXCESS SUPPLY EXTERNALITIES FAIR PRICE FARES FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL STRUCTURES FINANCING REQUIREMENTS FISCAL CONSTRAINTS FREIGHT FREIGHT TRANSPORT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT GOVERNMENT REGULATION GRACE PERIOD GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGHWAYS INCENTIVE STRUCTURE INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INSTITUTION BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INTEGRATED REGULATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INTERURBAN ROUTES INVESTING INVESTMENT BANKS INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PROJECTS INVESTMENT RISK LACK OF TRANSPARENCY LARGE CITIES LAWS LEGAL INSTRUMENTS LENDERS LEVEL OF RISK LIBERALIZATION LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LONG-DISTANCE LONG-TERM CAPITAL MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET STRUCTURE MATURITY MATURITY PERIOD MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT MODES OF TRANSPORT MONOPOLIES MONOPOLY NATIONAL SECURITY O&M OLIGOPOLIES OPERATING RISK PASSENGER RAIL PASSENGERS PERMANENT DEBT POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL RISKS PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRICE CAP PRICE CAP REGULATION PRICE CAPS PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATE ENTITY PRIVATE EQUITY PRIVATE FINANCE PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SALES PRIVATE TRANSPORT PRIVATIZATION PRIVATIZATIONS PUBLIC ASSETS PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC OFFERINGS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC UTILITIES PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP RAIL RAIL PROJECTS RAIL SERVICES RAIL TRACKS RAILWAY RAILWAY REGULATORS RAILWAYS RATE OF RETURN RATES OF RETURN REGULATOR REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY AGENCY REGULATORY AUTHORITY REGULATORY CAPACITY REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY REGIME REGULATORY REGIMES RENEGOTIATION RENEGOTIATIONS RESTRICTIONS ON ENTRY RETURN ON EQUITY RETURNS RISK OF EXPROPRIATION RISK PREMIUM RISK PREMIUMS ROAD ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD PROJECTS ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS ROLLING STOCK ROUTE RUNWAY RUNWAYS SAFETY SAFETY ISSUES SALES OF ASSETS SAVINGS SHARE OF INVESTMENT SURFACE TRANSPORTATION TAX TAX REGIME TAX REVENUE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOLL TOLL ROAD TOLL ROADS TOLLS TRAFFIC TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES TRANSPORT ACTIVITY TRANSPORT AGENCIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITIES TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES TRANSPORT INVESTMENT TRANSPORT OPERATORS TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT REGULATION TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TRUCKS URBAN ROADS VOLUME OF TRAFFIC Although the link between improved infrastructure services and economic growth is uncertain, it is clear that reforms aimed at creating competition and regulating natural monopolies establish an environment conducive to private sector participation, incentives for companies to strive for efficiency savings that can ultimately be passed on to consumers, and greater provision of services (such as faster roll-out of infrastructure or innovative solutions to service delivery for customers not connected to an existing network). In determining the form that infrastructure restructuring might undertake or the design of a regulatory agency, policymakers can generally benefit from a review of the experiences of other countries. A key element of any decision making process should be a review of how the various types of reform will affect the efficiency of the sector and whether they will increase private financing of its significant investment needs. 2014-02-20T22:44:46Z 2014-02-20T22:44:46Z 2001-04 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/17580157/privatization-regulation-transport-infrastructure-1990s World Bank Research Observer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17127 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research