02419nam a2200337 a 4500 20181210070740.0 cr ||||||||||| 060828s2006 dcu sb i000 0 eng 2006618535 DLC DLC BD-DhBPA HG3881.5.W57 333.7932 FOI 2006 Foster, Vivien 1968- 108023 Is cost recovery a feasible objective for water and electricity ? the Latin American experience Vivien Foster and Tito Yepes, Research working paper Collection Title:Policy. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2006 41 p. ; 23 cm. Policy research working paper ; 3943 Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/28/2006. Includes bibliographical references. "Given the relatively small segment of the population that faces genuine affordability problems in Latin America, there appears to be a promising case for using targeted subsidies to reconcile the cost recovery objective with social protection concerns. Social tariff schemes of various kinds are already widespread in Latin America, but they suffer from a number of design flaws. Increasing block tariff (IBT) structures are the most prevalent form of social tariffs in the region. These are likely to be more successful in the electricity sector than in the water sector because the correlation between consumption and income is much stronger in the case of electricity than water. Moreover, IBT structures in electricity tend to be much better designed than in the case of water, with lower fixed charges, lower subsistence blocks, and steeper gradients. A number of more sophisticated social tariff schemes are also being applied that combine consumption criteria with some form of socioeconomic screening. These are generally found to perform better than IBTs, although they also present significant room for improvement. "--World Bank web site. Also available in print. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Zahid Public utilities Latin America. 108024 Infrastructure (Economics) Latin America. 108025 Yepes, Tito. 108026 World Bank. 108027 Policy research working papers (Online) ; 3943. 108028 ddc BK 37564 37564 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC GRR 2018-05-13 0 333.7932 FOI 2006 WB5489 2018-05-13 00:00:00 2018-05-13 BK Zahid