Infrastructure policy : basic design options
Abstract
The paper lays out basic design options for infrastructure policy. It first sketches mechanisms to asses demand. Then it sets out a hierarchy of issues starting with choice of market structure followed by conduct regulation. Ownership options are largely a function of market structure choices. The implications for finance -- the topic of much day-to-day discussion in infrastructure policy-making -- follow from these various prior choices. The discussion naturally circumscribes the role for so-called public-private partnerships -- their uses and pitfalls. Annexes provide checklists for choices of market structure and for diagnosing and benchmarking policies.Download Info
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Paper provided by The World Bank in its series Policy Research Working Paper Series with number 6274.Length:
Date of creation: 01 Nov 2012
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Keywords: Markets and Market Access; Economic Theory&Research; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure Economics; Debt Markets;Other versions of this item:
- Klein, Michael, 2012. "Infrastructure policy: Basic design options," Frankfurt School - Working Paper Series 185, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.
- L9 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities
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- NEP-ALL-2012-12-06 (All new papers)
- NEP-COM-2012-12-06 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-TRE-2012-12-06 (Transport Economics)
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