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Infrastructure bottlenecks, private provision, and industrial productivity : a study of Indonesian and Thai cities

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Anas, Alex
Kyu Sik Lee
Murray, Michael

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This research project followed an earlier similar project on Nigeria, applying the same methods. A sample of manufacturers was surveyed to document their responses to infrastructure deficiencies in electricity, water, transport, telecommunications, and waste disposal. They found the manufacturers undertook significant expenditures to offset deficiencies in publicly provided infrastructure services, and that changing public policy toward privately supplied infrastructure and changing the pricing of public infrastructure could yield significant savings in social costs. Thailand and Indonesia have made significant strides in following the policies for private sector participation in infrastructure provision. Nigeria, where public infrastructure monopolies still dominate, lags behind, yet stands to benefit most from such policy reform. Government policy toward the industrial organization and pricing of infrastructure sectors can significantly help a developing economy realize the benefits of private sector participation in the provision of infrastructure services.

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Paper provided by The World Bank in its series Policy Research Working Paper Series with number 1603.

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Date of creation: 31 May 1996
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Keywords: Banks&Banking Reform; Decentralization; Public Sector Economics&Finance; Environmental Economics&Policies; Municipal Financial Management; Banks&Banking Reform; Municipal Financial Management; Urban Services to the Poor; Urban Services to the Poor; Public Sector Economics&Finance;

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  1. Kyu Sik Lee & Anas, Alex, 1989. "Manufacturers'responses to infrastructure deficiencies in Nigeria : private alternatives and policy options," Policy Research Working Paper Series 325, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
  2. Aschauer, David Alan, 1989. "Is public expenditure productive?," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 177-200, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Baumol, William J & Lee, Kyu Sik, 1991. "Contestable Markets, Trade, and Development," World Bank Research Observer, Oxford University Press, vol. 6(1), pages 1-17, January.
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  1. Alampay, E., 1999. "Organizations in development: the changing nature of service provision in the Philippines," Working Papers - General Series 299, Institute of Social Studies. [Downloadable!]
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