Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective
The authors use the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys from 15 countries (covering more than 55,500 households) to examine the relationship between infrastructure coverage and household income. The results show that...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003162/infrastructure-coverage-poor-global-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19712 |
| Summary: | The authors use the World Bank's
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys from 15
countries (covering more than 55,500 households) to examine
the relationship between infrastructure coverage and
household income. The results show that throughout the world
all income groups have much higher levels of coverage for
electricity than for other formal infrastructure services
(in-house piped water service, sewerage service, and private
telephone service). In many countries most households in
urban areas now have electricity service. As monthly
household incomes increase from $100 to $250, coverage of
all these infrastructure services rises, but at different
rates. The findings confirm that the very poor rarely have
these infrastructure services - with exceptions. The very
poor often do have electricity if they live in urban areas.
The very poor in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have much
higher levels of coverage than those elsewhere in the world;
they often have electricity, water, sewer, and telephone
services. The results also suggest that if the poor gain
access to services in their communities, many will decide to connect. |
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