Toward defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services (English)

This paper reviews the progress made in the literature toward defining and measuring the affordability of utilities. It highlights the relative merits of alternate affordability metrics; the practical challenges to their operationalization, including the underlying data requirements; and their implications for the design, evaluation, and implementation of appropriate affordability programs.

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Kessides,Ioannis N.;

Miniaci,Raffaele;

Scarpa,Carlo;

Valbonesi,Paola;
Document Date
2009/04/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4915
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Toward defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services
Keywords
Public Utilities

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Kessides,Ioannis N.; Miniaci,Raffaele; Scarpa,Carlo; Valbonesi,Paola.

Toward defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4915 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/859201468338935200

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