Infrastructure services in developing countries : access, quality, costs and policy reform (English)

The authors review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing the investment needs and the emerging policy issues. While their assessment is seriously constrained by data gaps, they provide useful insights on the main challenges ahead, emphasizing that, in addition to the widely discussed access problems, the poorest also face major affordability and service quality issues which were not well addressed by the...

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Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M.;

Estache,Antonio;

Shafik,Nemat Talaat;
Document Date
2004/12/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS3468
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Doc Name
Infrastructure services in developing countries : access, quality, costs and policy reform
Keywords
annual bank conference on development economics

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Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M.; Estache,Antonio; Shafik,Nemat Talaat.

Infrastructure services in developing countries : access, quality, costs and policy reform (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3468 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/476891468782346365

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