Related Research Items
| Universal Service and Pro-Poor Infrastructure |
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| Written by Amy Mahan | |
| Thursday, 15 June 2006 | |
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This is a new subject area recently added to the World Bank collection of resources (papers, websites and case studies) at their Private Sector Development website which focuses on business environment and privatization issues. URL: http://rru.worldbank.org/PapersLinks/Pro-Poor-Private-Infrastructure/ Evaluation: This is a very useful and important thematic area, highlighting the impact of reforms on marginalised sectors of the population, and emphasising propoor practices and effectively meeting universal service provision targets. The resource page groups the entries according to three broad areas: general policy issues in pro-poor universal service; implementation issues in pro-poor universal service; and regulatory and financing issues in universal service obligations. One wishes that there were more resources here – there are currently 27 items dating from 2000 to 2005 (with only one item for 2005), addressing a range of themes across the different utility sectors. Because of pervasive market and access failures – particularly for developing country telecom infrastructure reach, it is hoped that this area of the Private Sector Development website will be brought up-to-date and accorded a strong focus. The most recent item (from 2005) is a survey of key texts on the regulation of utility infrastructure (mainly surveying texts published before 2004, with some exceptions). This online book can be downloaded by chapter or in its entirety. The Regulation of Utility Infrastructure and Services - An Annotated Reading List by Mark Jamison, Sanford Berg, Farid Gasmi, and Jose Tavara (World Bank and the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), Washington, D.C., 2005). Monitoring: The site has a RSS feed and will be monitored as new items are posted. Additional information: This website is part of a larger set of resources maintained by the World Bank:
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