Infrastructure pricing policies and the public revenue in African countries Export

@article{citeulike:2931286, abstract = {The paper shows that the public revenue constraint on economically and socially desirable programs in Africa could be greatly relaxed through the adoption of cost-reflecting pricing policies for physical infrastructure services -- roads and drainage, water and sewerage, electricity, and telecommunications. Currently, the prices of infrastructure services are frequently below both economic costs and what is needed to finance investment, operating and maintenance expenditures. The services generate poor financial returns, and absorb much public finance, when in practice they are capable of earning appreciable surpluses. The paper discusses the benefits of reforming infrastructure pricing policies, the institutional and other difficulties of bringing reforms into effect, and finally makes some proposals. Although much of the analysis relates to Africa, several of its findings apply more generally.}, author = {Anderson, Dennis}, citeulike-article-id = {2931286}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(89)90260-X}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VC6-45CWV3G-1C/1/ca990b1c852ce28f8a2bab28b5c3cc89}, doi = {10.1016/0305-750X(89)90260-X}, journal = {World Development}, keywords = {juliepaper}, month = {April}, number = {4}, pages = {525--542}, posted-at = {2008-06-26 16:19:45}, priority = {2}, title = {Infrastructure pricing policies and the public revenue in African countries}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(89)90260-X}, volume = {17}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2931286 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2931286 N2 - The paper shows that the public revenue constraint on economically and socially desirable programs in Africa could be greatly relaxed through the adoption of cost-reflecting pricing policies for physical infrastructure services -- roads and drainage, water and sewerage, electricity, and telecommunications. Currently, the prices of infrastructure services are frequently below both economic costs and what is needed to finance investment, operating and maintenance expenditures. The services generate poor financial returns, and absorb much public finance, when in practice they are capable of earning appreciable surpluses. The paper discusses the benefits of reforming infrastructure pricing policies, the institutional and other difficulties of bringing reforms into effect, and finally makes some proposals. Although much of the analysis relates to Africa, several of its findings apply more generally. IS - 4 JF - World Development EP - 542 TI - Infrastructure pricing policies and the public revenue in African countries VL - 17 SP - 525 KW - juliepaper AU - Anderson, Dennis PY - 1989/04// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(89)90260-X ER -