Micro Infrastructure : Regulators Must Take Small Operators Seriously
Small-scale providers of infrastructure
services, are proving to be more responsive than utilities,
to needs of poor consumers. They might be delivering water
services by tanker, transport services by minivan, or
electricity through mini-grids, or household solar panels.
They make their services affordable to the poor, by using
cheaper technology, or permitting flexible payment.
Regulators are customarily hostile to these alternative
providers. The note thus suggests that the interests of the
poor, would be better served if regulators treated them as
valid service providers, and brought them under a regulatory umbrella.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Baker, Bill,
Trémolet, Sophie |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2000-10
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| Subjects: | INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION,
MICRO-ENTERPRISES,
ACCESSIBLE SERVICES,
INFRASTRUCTURE,
UTILITY FUNCTIONS,
POWER INTERCONNECTIONS,
GRIDS,
SOLAR ENERGY,
TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL ASPECTS,
PAYMENTS,
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK CARTELS,
CONCESSION AREA,
CONNECTION CHARGE,
CONNECTION CHARGES,
CONSTRUCTION,
DIRTY WATER,
ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION,
INCOME,
INCOME LEVELS,
INDIVIDUAL CONNECTIONS,
LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
MAINTENANCE COSTS,
PIPED WATER,
POLLUTION,
PRODUCERS,
PRODUCTIVITY,
QUALITY STANDARDS,
REGULATORY MECHANISMS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS,
SERVICE STANDARDS,
SEWAGE COLLECTION,
SEWERAGE SYSTEM,
SEWERAGE SYSTEMS,
SMALL PRIVATE PROVIDERS,
SMALL SCALE PROVIDERS,
SOLAR PANELS,
TOWNS,
URBAN AREA,
UTILITIES,
WASTEWATER,
WATER COMPANIES,
WATER SECTOR,
WATER SERVICES,
WATER SUPPLY,
WELLS, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/10/729356/micro-infrastructure-regulators-must-take-small-operators-seriously
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11415
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