Review on Urban Water & Sanitation on Three Topics: Subsidy Incidence, Price Elasticities, and Relations to Health: Framework and Research Paths for Future Studies
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
January 2022
Subject
Water and Sanitation;
Tariff System;
Rating;
Health;
Debtor Finance;
Water Use;
Coronavirus;
Electricity
JEL code
H20 - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General;
L95 - Gas Utilities • Pipelines • Water Utilities;
I15 - Health and Economic Development
Category
Technical Notes
This document presents a review of the literature on three pressing policy issues that currently are of relevance to regulators and utility companies in the water and sanitation sector: i) subsidy incidence, ii) responses to pricing policies, and iii) relations to health.
