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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okr-10986-197122021-04-23T14:03:44Z Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective Komives, Kristin Whittington, Dale Wu, Xun ACCESS TO SERVICES CAPITA CONSUMPTION CITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY WATER CONNECTION FEES CONSUMPTION DATA DRINKING WATER DWELLINGS EXPENDITURES HOMES HOUSE CONNECTIONS HOUSE WATER HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD USE HOUSEHOLD WATER HOUSEHOLD- LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS INCOME DATA INCOME LEVEL LIVING STANDARDS NEIGHBORHOODS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRICE OF WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE WATER CONNECTIONS PRIVATE WELLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC WATER RENTS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY SANITATION SOLUTIONS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWER SERVICE SEWERAGE SERVICE URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES UTILITIES WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY 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. 2014-08-26T19:57:33Z 2014-08-26T19:57:33Z 2001-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003162/infrastructure-coverage-poor-global-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19712 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2551 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO SERVICES CAPITA CONSUMPTION CITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY WATER CONNECTION FEES CONSUMPTION DATA DRINKING WATER DWELLINGS EXPENDITURES HOMES HOUSE CONNECTIONS HOUSE WATER HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD USE HOUSEHOLD WATER HOUSEHOLD- LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS INCOME DATA INCOME LEVEL LIVING STANDARDS NEIGHBORHOODS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRICE OF WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE WATER CONNECTIONS PRIVATE WELLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC WATER RENTS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY SANITATION SOLUTIONS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWER SERVICE SEWERAGE SERVICE URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES UTILITIES WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY |
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ACCESS TO SERVICES CAPITA CONSUMPTION CITIES COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY WATER CONNECTION FEES CONSUMPTION DATA DRINKING WATER DWELLINGS EXPENDITURES HOMES HOUSE CONNECTIONS HOUSE WATER HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD USE HOUSEHOLD WATER HOUSEHOLD- LEVEL HOUSEHOLDS INCOME DATA INCOME LEVEL LIVING STANDARDS NEIGHBORHOODS POLICY RESEARCH POOR HOUSEHOLDS PRICE OF WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE WATER CONNECTIONS PRIVATE WELLS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC WATER RENTS RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL COMMUNITY SANITATION SOLUTIONS SEPTIC TANK SERVICE PROVIDERS SEWER SERVICE SEWERAGE SERVICE URBAN AREAS URBAN COMMUNITIES UTILITIES WATER SERVICE WATER SERVICES WATER SOURCE WATER SOURCES WATER SUPPLY Komives, Kristin Whittington, Dale Wu, Xun Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2551 |
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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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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Komives, Kristin Whittington, Dale Wu, Xun |
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Komives, Kristin Whittington, Dale Wu, Xun |
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Komives, Kristin |
| title |
Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective |
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Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective |
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Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective |
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Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective |
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Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor : The Global Perspective |
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infrastructure coverage and the poor : the global perspective |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/02/1003162/infrastructure-coverage-poor-global-perspective http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19712 |
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