Private Utilities and Poverty Alleviation
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84844-538-3 (ISBN)
Edited by Patricia Márquez, Associate Professor of Management and Director, Center for Peace and Commerce, University of San Diego, US and Carlos Rufín, Associate Professor of International Business and Director, Global Business Program, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, US
Contents:
Foreword
1. Introduction: Utilities at the Base of the Pyramid
Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín
2. Reaching Scale: Utilities as Platforms to Provide Opportunities for the Majority
Francisco Mejía
3. The Innovative Use of Mobile Telephony in the Philippines: Lessons for Africa
Shawn Mendes
4. Information and Communication Technologies and the Base of the Pyramid: Lessons from the Philippines’ Last Mile Initiative
Gigo Alampay
5. Power Distribution in Argentina: Are the Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid Actually BOP Strategies?
Miguel Ángel Gardetti
6. Prepaid Meters in Electricity: A Cost–Benefit Analysis
Ariel A. Casarín and Luciana Nicollier
7. Challenges and Opportunities in Electricity Service Provision for Urban BOP Communities
Simone Lawaetz and Connie Smyser
8. Delivering Utility Services to the Poor Using Output-Based Aid Approaches
Patricia Veevers-Carter and Cathy Russell
9. A Utility’s Perspective on Assisting BOP Communities: The AES Corporation’s Experience
Scarlett Álvarez and Francisco Morandi
10. One Step Toward Citizenship: The Slum Electrification and Loss Reduction Pilot Project in São Paulo, Brazil
Ivar Pettersson
11. Conclusions: Providing Utilities to the Poor
Patricia Márquez and Carlos Rufín
References
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2011 |
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Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84844-538-5 / 1848445385 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84844-538-3 / 9781848445383 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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