Infrastructure Disruptions : How Instability Breeds Household Vulnerability
This review examines the literature on the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is widespread evidence that households suffer from the consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and that being connected to the grid is not...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/880611560861989682/Infrastructure-Disruptions-How-Instability-Breeds-Household-Vulnerability http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31922 |
| Summary: | This review examines the literature on
the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is
widespread evidence that households suffer from the
consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and
that being connected to the grid is not sufficient to close
the infrastructure gap. Disruptions and irregular service
have adverse effects on household welfare, due to missed
work and education opportunities, and negative impact on
health. Calibrating costs of unreliable infrastructure on
existing willingness to pay assessments, we estimate the
welfare losses associated with blackouts and water outages.
Overall, between 0.1 and 0.2 percent of GDP would be lost
each year because of unreliable infrastructure --
electricity, water and transport. |
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