Private Utilities and Poverty Alleviation

Edited by Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín

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Abstract: Drawing on cases from electricity distribution and other infrastructure industries, and from experiences spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book examines new business models to bring basic utility services to the four billion people comprising the base of the socio-economic pyramid.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781848445383
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction: Utilities at the Base of the Pyramid

Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín

Ch 2 Reaching Scale: Utilities as Platforms to Provide Opportunities for the Majority

Francisco Mejia

Ch 3 The Innovative Use of Mobile Telephony in the Philippines: Lessons for Africa

Shawn Mendes

Ch 4 Information and Communication Technologies and the Base of the Pyramid: Lessons from the Philippines’ Last Mile Initiative

Gigo Alampay

Ch 5 Power Distribution in Argentina: Are the Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid Actually BOP Strategies?

Miguel Ángel Gardetti

Ch 6 Prepaid Meters in Electricity: A Cost–Benefit Analysis

Ariel A. Casarín and Luciana Nicollier

Ch 7 Challenges and Opportunities in Electricity Service Provision for Urban BOP Communities

Simone Lawaetz and Connie Smyser

Ch 8 Delivering Utility Services to the Poor Using Output-Based Aid Approaches

Patricia Veevers-Carter and Cathy Russell

Ch 9 A Utility’s Perspective on Assisting BOP Communities: The AES Corporation’s Experience

Scarlett Álvarez and Francisco Morandi

Ch 10 One Step Toward Citizenship: The Slum Electrification and Loss Reduction Pilot Project in São Paulo, Brazil

Ivar Pettersson

Ch 11 Conclusions: Providing Utilities to the Poor

Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín

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