'Utility Pricing and the Poor' evaluates the 1999 electricity tariff increase and the potential for improved water-sector cost recovery, with a particular focus on service accessibility and affordability for the poor. A two-stage approach is recommended. In the first stage, revenues should be increased by ensuring payment from households that have reliable service but are not paying their bills. After collection capacity is strengthened, the utility should implement a program of tariff adjustment, based on improved service and meter-based billing.
- ISBN13 9780821349229
- Publish Date 31 May 2001
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint World Bank Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 49
- Language English