Infrastructure for poor people : public policy for private provision / edited by Penelope J. Brook, Timothy C. Irwin. - Washington, DC : The World Bank, c2003. - viii, 296 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

"Earler versions of chapters 3 through 7 were initially prepared for the conference on Infrastructure for Development ... held in London during May-June 2, 2000"--Acknowledgments.

Includes bibliographical references.

Private Infrastructure and the Poor: Increasing Access / Universal Service: Empirical Evidence on the Provision of Infrastructure Services to Rural and Poor Urban Consumers / Infrastructure Coverage and the Poor: A Global Perspective / Measuring the Impact of Energy Interventions on the Poor - An Illustration from Guatemala / Impact of Market Structure on Service Options for the Poor / Regulating Infrastructure for the Poor: Perspectives on Regulatory System Design / Regulation of the Quality of Infrastructure Services in Developing Countries / Lifeline or Means-Testing? Electric Utility Subsidies in Honduras /

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Poor.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Privatization.--Government policy.

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