How "Natural" are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies

How "Natural" are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies

Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic dev...

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Main Authors: Nauges, Céline, van den Berg, Caroline
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER
ACCESS TO SAFE WATER SUPPLIES
AGRICULTURE
AVERAGE COSTS
AVERAGE VARIABLE COSTS
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BENCHMARKING
CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE
CONSUMER SOVEREIGNTY
COST FUNCTIONS
COST RECOVERY
CUBIC METERS
DELIVERY OF WATER
DELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLY
DELIVERY OF WATER SUPPLY SERVICES
DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ECONOMIES OF SCOPE
ELASTICITY
ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION
EXCESS PROFITS
FINANCIAL VIABILITY
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GNP
HOUSEHOLDS
INCOME
INCREASING RETURNS
INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE
LARGE UTILITIES
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
MARGINAL COST
MARGINAL COST PRICING
MONOPOLY POWER
MUNICIPAL WATER
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
NATIONAL INCOME
NATURAL MONOPOLIES
NATURAL MONOPOLY
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
NUMBER OF WATER
NUMBER OF WATER CONNECTIONS
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES
PERFORMANCE DATA
PIPE BREAKS
PIPED WATER
PRICE INCREASES
PRODUCTION INCREASES
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PROVIDING WATER SUPPLY
PROVINCIAL WATER
PROVINCIAL WATER UTILITIES
QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER
QUALITY OF WATER
QUALITY WATER
QUALITY WATER SUPPLY
REGIONAL UTILITIES
REGRESSION ANALYSIS
REGULATORY REGIMES
REGULATORY SYSTEMS
RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS
RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
RESIDENTIAL POPULATION
RESIDENTIAL USERS
SANITATION
SANITATION MARKET
SANITATION SERVICES
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVISION
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE COLLECTION
SEWERAGE COMPANIES
SEWERAGE INDUSTRY
SEWERAGE NETWORK
SEWERAGE SECTOR
SEWERAGE SERVICES
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
TOTAL COSTS
TOWNS
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
URBAN WATER
URBAN WATER UTILITIES
UTILITIES
UTILITY MANAGER
UTILITY SIZE
VALUATION
VALUE ADDED
VARIABLE COSTS
VARIABLE INPUTS
VOLUME OF WATER
WAGES
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER COLLECTION
WASTEWATER SECTOR
WATER CONSUMPTION
WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER DISTRIBUTION
WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
WATER INDUSTRY
WATER QUALITY
WATER SERVICE
WATER SERVICES
WATER SUPPLIES
WATER SUPPLY
WATER SUPPLY COMPANIES
WATER USERS
WATER UTILITIES
WATER UTILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7383571/natural-natural-monopolies-water-supply-sewerage-sector-case-studies-developing-transition-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7181

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