Toward defining and measuring the affordability of public utility services
By: Ioannis Kessides, Raffaele Miniaci, Carlo Scarpa, Paola Valbonesi.
Contributors: World Bank.
Series: Policy research working paper -- 4915; Policy research working papers (Online) -- 4915.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Public utilities
Description: "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.   "--World Bank web site.
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