Designing direct subsidies for the poor : a water and sanitation case study (English)

Direct subsidies are an increasingly popular means of making infrastructure services more affordable to the poor. Under the direct subsidy approach, governments pay part of the water bill of poor households that meet certain criteria. This approach was first used in water sector reforms in Chile in the early 1990s and is an alternative to the traditional method in which governments pay subsidies directly to utilities, often allowing the price of water...

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Foster, Vivien;

Gomez-Lobos, Andres;

Halpern, Jona;
Document Date
2000/06/30
Document Type
Viewpoint
Report Number
21467
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Panama, Chile,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Designing direct subsidies for the poor : a water and sanitation case study
Keywords
infrastructure network

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Foster, Vivien; Gomez-Lobos, Andres; Halpern, Jona.

Designing direct subsidies for the poor : a water and sanitation case study (English). Public policy for the private sector ; Note no. 211 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/676831468775147113

Designing direct subsidies for the poor : a water and sanitation case study (English)

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