Utility Privatization and Regulation

Edited by Cecilia Ugaz

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Abstract: The authors address the question of infrastructure reforms in a novel way by focusing on the impact which they can have on consumers through the prices paid by different groups and on their access to the networks. They analyse original material from four Latin American countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru – and two European countries – Spain and the UK. Access is especially relevant when considering immature systems which have not yet extended to cover the majority of the population, as is the case in many Latin American countries. The authors also address the widespread impact of privatization on the economy (via macroeconomic influences) and the more general issues of subsidies and regulation which are endemic to these industries. The book focuses on the reform of four sectors: telecommunications, electricity, gas, and water and sanitation.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
ISBN: 9781843762027
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Cecilia Ugaz and Catherine Waddams Price

Ch 2 Access by the poor in Latin America's utility reform: subsidies and service obligations

Omar Chisari, Antonio Estache and Catherine Waddams Price

Ch 3 Access to utilities by the poor: a global perspective

Kristin Komives, Dale Whittington and Xun Wu

Ch 4 Consumer participation and pro-poor regulation in Latin America

Cecilia Ugaz

Ch 5 UK utility reforms: distributional implications and government response

Catherine Waddams Price and Alison Young

Ch 6 The reform of the utilities sector in Spain

Pablo Arocena

Ch 7 The reform of the utilities sector in Argentina

José Delfino and Ariel Casarin

Ch 8 Can the gains from Argentina's utilities reform offset credit shocks?

Daniel Benitez, Omar Chisari and Antonio Estache

Ch 9 Capitalization, regulation and the poor: access to basic services in Bolivia

Gover Barja Daza and Miguel Urquiola

Ch 10 Redistributive impact of privatization and the regulation of utilities in Chile

Ricardo Paredes M.

Ch 11 The social impact of privatization and the regulation of utilities in Peru

Maximo Torero and Alberto Pascó-Font

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