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Title Institutions, Performance, and the Financing of Infrastructure Services in the Caribbean
Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series World Bank working paper, 1726-5878 ; no. 58
World Bank working paper ; no. 58. 1726-5878
World Bank e-Library.
Contents Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Summary; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF UNNUMBERED BOXES; 2 Institutions and Infrastructure; 3 Telecommunications Sector; LIST OF TABLES; 4 Electricity Sector; 5 Water Sector; 6 Ports and Maritime Transport; 7 Airports and Aviation; 8 A Strategy to Sustainably Finance Infrastructure in the Caribbean; Annex; LIST OF UNNUMBERED TABLES; References
Summary This book reviews the access to services, investment needs, tariffs, and efficiency of fifteen Caribbean countries across five infrastructure sectors (telecommunications, electricity, water and sanitation, maritime transport and ports, and airports and air services). Benchmarks are established to compare Caribbean countries with each other, and with similar countries. To some extent, differences in performance can be explained by unalterable factors such as a given country's size and location. However, we find that, in many cases, differences in performance among countries cannot be completely
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197)
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Subject Infrastructure (Economics) -- Caribbean Area
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Government policy -- Caribbean Area
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Caribbean Area -- Finance
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Government policy
Infrastructure (Economics) -- Finance
Infrastructure (Economics)
Infrastruktur
Infrastructure (Économie politique)
Services publics.
Benchmarking.
Investissement.
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
TRANSPORT FINANCING.
PUBLIC SERVICES.
CARIBBEAN REGION.
Caribbean Area
Karibik
Caraïbes (Région)
Genre/Form Statistiques (Descripteur de forme)
Form Electronic book
Author Jha, Abhas Kumar, 1966-
LC no. 2005048641
ISBN 9780821362808
0821362801
082136281X
9780821362815
1280168870
9781280168871
6610168873
9786610168873