How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?

This note provides a snapshot as of 2004 of the share of countries with an independent regulatory agency and with at least some private sector financing of its sectoral investment needs for electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications. Among other things, they show that: For respectivel...

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Main Authors:	Estache, Antonio, Goicoechea, Ana
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CIVIL SOCIETY CONVERGENCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFUSION ELECTRICITY GAMBIA HIGH INCOME INCOME LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME COUNTRIES MANAGEMENT MIDDLE INCOME NORTH AFRICA POINT POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SANITATION SELECTION BIAS SERVICE SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800543/widespread-private-investment-regulatory-reform-infrastructure-utilities-during-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8942

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spelling	okr-10986-89422021-04-23T14:02:42Z How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s? Estache, Antonio Goicoechea, Ana CIVIL SOCIETY CONVERGENCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFUSION ELECTRICITY GAMBIA HIGH INCOME INCOME LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME COUNTRIES MANAGEMENT MIDDLE INCOME NORTH AFRICA POINT POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SANITATION SELECTION BIAS SERVICE SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY This note provides a snapshot as of 2004 of the share of countries with an independent regulatory agency and with at least some private sector financing of its sectoral investment needs for electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications. Among other things, they show that: For respectively, electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications, 51 percent, 21 percent, and 66 percent of the developing countries in the sample have an independent regulator, that is, an agency separate from a ministry and from the operator. For respectively, electricity generation, electricity distribution, water and sanitation, and telecommunications, 47 percent, 36 percent, 35 percent, and 59 percent of the developing countries in the sample have at least some private sector financing. The shares of both agencies and private sector involvement tend to increase with income levels. Latin and Central America and Eastern Europe are outliers among regions as almost systematically they have among the highest shares for both indicators across sectors (except water). 2012-06-25T15:56:16Z 2012-06-25T15:56:16Z 2005-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800543/widespread-private-investment-regulatory-reform-infrastructure-utilities-during-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8942 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3595 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	CIVIL SOCIETY CONVERGENCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFUSION ELECTRICITY GAMBIA HIGH INCOME INCOME LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME COUNTRIES MANAGEMENT MIDDLE INCOME NORTH AFRICA POINT POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SANITATION SELECTION BIAS SERVICE SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY
spellingShingle	CIVIL SOCIETY CONVERGENCE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIFFUSION ELECTRICITY GAMBIA HIGH INCOME INCOME LIBERALIZATION LOW INCOME LOW INCOME COUNTRIES MANAGEMENT MIDDLE INCOME NORTH AFRICA POINT POLICY RESEARCH PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK SANITATION SELECTION BIAS SERVICE SERVICE DELIVERY WATER SERVICES WATER SUPPLY Estache, Antonio Goicoechea, Ana How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
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description	This note provides a snapshot as of 2004 of the share of countries with an independent regulatory agency and with at least some private sector financing of its sectoral investment needs for electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications. Among other things, they show that: For respectively, electricity, water and sanitation, and telecommunications, 51 percent, 21 percent, and 66 percent of the developing countries in the sample have an independent regulator, that is, an agency separate from a ministry and from the operator. For respectively, electricity generation, electricity distribution, water and sanitation, and telecommunications, 47 percent, 36 percent, 35 percent, and 59 percent of the developing countries in the sample have at least some private sector financing. The shares of both agencies and private sector involvement tend to increase with income levels. Latin and Central America and Eastern Europe are outliers among regions as almost systematically they have among the highest shares for both indicators across sectors (except water).
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Estache, Antonio Goicoechea, Ana
author_facet	Estache, Antonio Goicoechea, Ana
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title	How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
title_short	How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
title_full	How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
title_fullStr	How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
title_full_unstemmed	How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?
title_sort	how widespread were private investment and regulatory reform in infrastructure utilities during the 1990s?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/5800543/widespread-private-investment-regulatory-reform-infrastructure-utilities-during-1990s http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8942
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How Widespread Were Private Investment and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure Utilities During the 1990s?

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