Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries
This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world. The results suggest that, in these countries, existing tariff structures fa...
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okr-10986-337572022-09-20T00:12:19Z Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries Abramovsky, Laura Andres, Luis Joseph, George Rud, Juan Pablo Sember, German Thibert, Michael SUBSIDIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER TARIFF ACCESS TO WATER PIPED WATER SERVICE WATER PIPE NETWORK This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world. The results suggest that, in these countries, existing tariff structures fall short of recovering the costs of service provision, and the resulting subsidies largely fail to achieve their goal of improving the accessibility and affordability of piped water for poor households. Instead, the majority of subsidies in all 10 countries are captured by the richest households. This is in part because the most vulnerable population segments typically face challenges in accessing and connecting to piped water services. The paper also reveals shortcomings in the design of the subsidies, which are conditional on poor households being connected to a piped network. 2020-05-14T21:11:49Z 2020-05-14T21:11:49Z 2020-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506411589308494989/Study-of-the-Distributional-Performance-of-Piped-Water-Consumption-Subsidies-in-10-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33757 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9245 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Bangladesh El Salvador Ethiopia Jamaica Mali Niger Nigeria Panama Uganda Vietnam |
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SUBSIDIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION WATER CONSUMPTION WATER TARIFF ACCESS TO WATER PIPED WATER SERVICE WATER PIPE NETWORK Abramovsky, Laura Andres, Luis Joseph, George Rud, Juan Pablo Sember, German Thibert, Michael Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries |
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This paper provides new evidence on how
effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting
poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries
around the world. The results suggest that, in these
countries, existing tariff structures fall short of
recovering the costs of service provision, and the resulting
subsidies largely fail to achieve their goal of improving
the accessibility and affordability of piped water for poor
households. Instead, the majority of subsidies in all 10
countries are captured by the richest households. This is in
part because the most vulnerable population segments
typically face challenges in accessing and connecting to
piped water services. The paper also reveals shortcomings in
the design of the subsidies, which are conditional on poor
households being connected to a piped network. |
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Working Paper |
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Abramovsky, Laura Andres, Luis Joseph, George Rud, Juan Pablo Sember, German Thibert, Michael |
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Abramovsky, Laura Andres, Luis Joseph, George Rud, Juan Pablo Sember, German Thibert, Michael |
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Abramovsky, Laura |
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries |
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries |
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries |
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries |
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries |
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study of the distributional performance of piped water consumption subsidies in 10 developing countries |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506411589308494989/Study-of-the-Distributional-Performance-of-Piped-Water-Consumption-Subsidies-in-10-Developing-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33757 |
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