Does Private Sector Participation Improve Performance in Electricity and Water Distribution?

This Book Will Be Of Interest To People Involved In Sector Reform And Infrastructure Service Delivery, In Particular In Developing Countries.--jacket. The Results 3 -- Analytical Framework And Data 8 -- Empirical Approach 10 -- Transition Period And Contract Type 10 -- Limitations And Caveats 11 -- 2 Empirical Literature 13 -- Techniques 13 -- Findings 14 -- 3 Selection Of The Sample 17 -- Treatment Group: Utilities With Psp 18 -- Control Group: State-owned Utilities 20 -- Final Sample 22 -- 4 Empirical Methodology 27 -- Overview Of Empirical Analysis 28 -- Panel Data Analysis 29 -- Difference-in-differences Estimation 30 -- 5 Empirical Results 33 -- Electricity 39 -- Water 42 -- Sanitation 45 -- A Core Indicators 51 -- B Variable Sources, Construction, And Estimations 63 -- C Cox Proportionate Hazard Estimates 65 -- D Regression Results 69. Katharina Gassner, Alexander Popov, Nataliya Pushak. Helping To Eliminate Poverty Through Private Involvement In Infrastructure. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 87-91) And Index.