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dc.titleCompetition in Public Utilities in Developing Countries
dc.contributor.authorBeato, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorLaffont, Jean-Jacques
dc.contributor.orgunitSustainable Development Department
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2011-10-06T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2002-02-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on public utilities (telecommunications, electricity, gas, water, transportation (roads, railways, buses, ports, airports), and postal service, which are sometimes referred to as economic infrastructures. The paper summarizes the desirable departures from the practices of developed countries that are called for the specificities in less developed essentially on the basis of normative economic theory. The paper provides a useful framework for those who have the difficult task of advising these countries in the implementation of more efficient ways to provide public services.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008885
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Competition-in-Public-Utilities-in-Developing-Countries.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectUrban Development
dc.subjectPublic Utility
dc.subject.keywordsPublic utilities;Economic infrastructure
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberTechnical Notes
idb.operationNot available
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