Strategies for analyzing effects of user charges in the social sectors (English)

Does the use of user charges in the social sectors of poor countries cause ramifications in regard to efficiency and equity considerations? The purpose of this note is to suggest a strategy for analyzing the efficiency and equity implications of such user charges. For these sectors, the prevailing assumption has been that cost recovery through charges to users is (a) impractical because most recipients are too poor, (b) inconsistent with improving...

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Birdsall,Nancy M.;
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1983/09/30
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Departmental Working Paper
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CPD8309
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2017/11/15
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Birdsall,Nancy M..

Strategies for analyzing effects of user charges in the social sectors (English). Country Policy Department discussion paper|no. CPD 8309 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/509711492043200335

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