Institutions, performance, and the financing of infrastructure services in the Caribbean / edited by Abhas Kumar Jha
- Bib ID:
- 3563505
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Description:
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- Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2005
- xii, 197 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780821362808
- 0821362801
- 082136281X
- Series:
- World Bank e-Library.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1 Summary 1
- Levels of Services Vary Across Sectors and Countries 2
- Critical Investment Requirements 14
- Recommendations 19
- Summary 30
- 2 Institutions and Infrastructure 35
- What Are "Institutions" and Why Are They Important? 36
- Effect of Institutions on Infrastructure Services 40
- Impact of Procurement Practices on Infrastructure 42
- Improving Institutions and Infrastructure 44
- 3 Telecommunications Sector 47
- Overview of Institutional Arrangements 47
- Summary of Performance 54
- Investment Requirements 65
- Economies of Scale 69
- Regional Approach 72
- Policy Conclusions 75
- 4 Electricity Sector 77
- Overview of Institutional Framework 78
- Benchmarking 80
- Industry Structure and Regulatory Arrangements 94
- Conclusions 98
- Recommendations 99
- 5 Water Sector 103
- Institutional Arrangements 103
- Access to Water 107
- Efficiency 110
- Quality of Service 110
- Major Investment Requirements 111
- Regional Cooperation 116
- Conclusions 118
- Recommendations 118
- 6 Ports and Maritime Transport 121
- Economic Importance of Ports and Shipping 121
- Shipping Patterns in the Caribbean 124
- Size of Ports 125
- Institutional Arrangements 127
- Transhipment 133
- Benchmarking 137
- Regional Cooperation 144
- Economies of Scale 145
- Conclusion and Recommendations 147
- 7 Airports andAviation 149
- Importance of Airports and Air Services to Economic Growth 149
- Institutional Arrangements-Airports 150
- Benchmarking-Airports 154
- Airport Charges 159
- Airport Efficiency 160
- Conclusions-Airports 162
- Institutional Arrangements
- Air Services 163
- Benchmarking-Air Services 166
- Conclusions-Air Services 170
- Conclusions and Recommendations 172
- 8 A Strategy to Sustainably Finance Infrastructure in the Caribbean 175
- The Debt Context 176
- New Financing Structures for Infrastructure 177
- Regional Initiatives 181
- Sectoral Overview 181
- Regional Financial Market Development 185
- Annex 187
- References 195.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-197)
- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. [Washington, D.C.] : World Bank Group, [200-]. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available to subscribing institutions.
- Subject:
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- Caribbean Area
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- Copyright:
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