Access by the poor in Latin America's utility reform: Subsidies and service obligations

Utility Privatization and Regulation: A Fair Deal for Consumers?

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 25-53

  Chisari, Omar ^a   Estache, Antonio ^b,c   Price, Catherine Waddams ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA DE LA EMPRESA   (Argentina)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17844393323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781951316.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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