Toward defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services

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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Year of publication:	2009-04-01
Authors:	Kessides, Ioannis ; Miniaci, Raffaele ; Scarpa, Carlo ; Valbonesi, Paola
Institutions:	Economics Research, World Bank Group
Subject:	Access to Finance \| Economic Theory&Research \| Town Water Supply and Sanitation \| Public Sector Economics&Finance \| Rural Poverty Reduction

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Policy Research Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 4915
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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