Are the Poor Better Off with Public or Private Utilities ?A Survey of the Academic Evidence on Developing Economies
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- F63 - International Economics - - Economic Impacts of Globalization - - - Economic Development
- H54 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Infrastructures
- H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
- L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
- L90 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - General
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