Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?

There has been no hard empirical evidence to confirm or reject the hypothesis that water subsidies may be failing to reach the poor. This paper summarizes the results of some new survey-based research that estimates that estimates the value of the...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER BILL BLOCK TARIFF BLOCK TARIFF STRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CHANNEL CONNECTIONS CONSUMERS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS PER MONTH DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DRINKING WATER ESSENTIAL WATER SERVICES FIXED CHARGE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLDS INCIDENCE OF WATER INCOME INCOME GROUPS INEFFICIENCY INVESTMENT COSTS LEAKAGE LEAKAGE RATE LIFELINE BLOCK LORENZ CURVE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6895339/current-water-subsidies-reach-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17260

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spelling	okr-10986-172602021-04-23T14:03:36Z Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor? World Bank ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER BILL BLOCK TARIFF BLOCK TARIFF STRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CHANNEL CONNECTIONS CONSUMERS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS PER MONTH DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DRINKING WATER ESSENTIAL WATER SERVICES FIXED CHARGE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLDS INCIDENCE OF WATER INCOME INCOME GROUPS INEFFICIENCY INVESTMENT COSTS LEAKAGE LEAKAGE RATE LIFELINE BLOCK LORENZ CURVE There has been no hard empirical evidence to confirm or reject the hypothesis that water subsidies may be failing to reach the poor. This paper summarizes the results of some new survey-based research that estimates that estimates the value of the water subsidy received by individual households in two South Asian cities, and also estimates the income levels of these households. Using both pieces of information together, it is possible to evaluate the extent to which subsidies are actually reaching the poor. The analysis shows that about three quarters of the subsidies available to water utilities in the cities of Bangalore and Katmandu are delivered in a way which completely fails to reach the poor. 2014-03-12T22:09:41Z 2014-03-12T22:09:41Z 2006-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6895339/current-water-subsidies-reach-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17260 English en_US Water and sanitation program;no. 4. Tariffs and subsidies in South Asia CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research South Asia
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topic	ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER BILL BLOCK TARIFF BLOCK TARIFF STRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CHANNEL CONNECTIONS CONSUMERS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS PER MONTH DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DRINKING WATER ESSENTIAL WATER SERVICES FIXED CHARGE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLDS INCIDENCE OF WATER INCOME INCOME GROUPS INEFFICIENCY INVESTMENT COSTS LEAKAGE LEAKAGE RATE LIFELINE BLOCK LORENZ CURVE
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABLE WATER AVERAGE MONTHLY WATER BILL BLOCK TARIFF BLOCK TARIFF STRUCTURE CAPACITY BUILDING CHANNEL CONNECTIONS CONSUMERS CUBIC METER CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS PER MONTH DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DRINKING WATER ESSENTIAL WATER SERVICES FIXED CHARGE GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES HOUSEHOLDS INCIDENCE OF WATER INCOME INCOME GROUPS INEFFICIENCY INVESTMENT COSTS LEAKAGE LEAKAGE RATE LIFELINE BLOCK LORENZ CURVE World Bank Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?
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description	There has been no hard empirical evidence to confirm or reject the hypothesis that water subsidies may be failing to reach the poor. This paper summarizes the results of some new survey-based research that estimates that estimates the value of the water subsidy received by individual households in two South Asian cities, and also estimates the income levels of these households. Using both pieces of information together, it is possible to evaluate the extent to which subsidies are actually reaching the poor. The analysis shows that about three quarters of the subsidies available to water utilities in the cities of Bangalore and Katmandu are delivered in a way which completely fails to reach the poor.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	World Bank
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title	Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?
title_short	Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?
title_full	Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?
title_fullStr	Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?
title_full_unstemmed	Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?
title_sort	do current water subsidies reach the poor?
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6895339/current-water-subsidies-reach-poor http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17260
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Do Current Water Subsidies Reach the Poor?

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