Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: a review of the evidence and a research agenda

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dc.contributor.authorParker, David
dc.contributor.authorKirkpatrick, Colin
dc.contributor.authorFigueira, Catarina
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-11T11:44:27Z
dc.date.available2009-11-11T11:44:27Z
dc.date.issued2007-02
dc.description.abstractPoverty reduction is a primary goal of development policy. In large parts of the World people have to live on meagre incomes and have limited access to infrastructure services, such as mains water, safe sanitation, mains power supplies, maintained roads and telephones. In response, more and more infrastructure provision has been opened up to private investment over the last two decades and regulatory institutions have been introduced to protect the public interest in the absence of state ownership. In this paper the role of infrastructure regulation in poverty reduction is investigated drawing on the published evidence. The conclusion is that the evidence is both patchy and sometimes contradictory. There is mixed knowledge regarding the extent to which regulators address poverty issues and about the results of regulatory decisions. The paper concludes by proposing a future research agenda aimed at improving our understanding of the ways in which infrastructure regulation impacts on poverty, with the objective of improving actual regulatory policy in developing economies.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationDavid Parker, Colin Kirkpatrick and Catarina Figueira, Infrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: a review of the evidence and a research agenda. RP 3/07. Cranfield University School of Managementen_UK
dc.identifier.isbn1859051839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/3948
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield University School of Managementen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch Paper Seriesen_UK
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRP 3/07en_UK
dc.subjectInfrastructureen_UK
dc.subjectRegulationen_UK
dc.subjectPovertyen_UK
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen_UK
dc.titleInfrastructure regulation and poverty reduction in developing countries: a review of the evidence and a research agendaen_UK
dc.typeWorking Paperen_UK

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