Infrastructure Disruptions: How Instability Breeds Household Vulnerability

Marguerite Anne Beatrice Obolensky, Alvina Elisabeth Erman, Julie Rozenberg, Jun Erik Maruyama Rentschler, Paolo Avner and Stephane Hallegatte

No 8902, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This review examines the literature on the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is widespread evidence that households suffer from the consequences of a lack of infrastructure reliability, and that being connected to the grid is not sufficient to close the infrastructure gap. Disruptions and irregular service have adverse effects on household welfare, due to missed work and education opportunities, and negative impact on health. Calibrating costs of unreliable infrastructure on existing willingness to pay assessments, we estimate the welfare losses associated with blackouts and water outages. Overall, between 0.1 and 0.2 percent of GDP would be lost each year because of unreliable infrastructure -- electricity, water and transport.

Keywords: Hydrology; Health Care Services Industry; Energy Policies&Economics; Transport Services; Water and Human Health; Small Private Water Supply Providers; Town Water Supply and Sanitation; Water Supply and Sanitation Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-06-18
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