Public policy for the private sector

Private infrastructure: private activity fell by 30 percent in 1999; by Ada Karina Izaguirre and Geetha Rao. Private infrastructure: are the trends in low-income countries different? ; by Melissa Houskamp and Nicola Tynan. Access to infrastructure: let competing firms offer a mix of price and quality options; by Bill Baker and Sophie Tremolet. Utility reform: regulating quality standards to improve access for the poor; by Bill Baker and Sophie Tremolet. Micro infrastructure: regulators must take small operators seriously; by Bill Baker and Sophie Tremolet. Water concessions: who wins, who losses, and what to do about it; by Caroline van den Berg. Does reform of energy sector networks improve access for the poor? ; by Stephen Powell and Mary Starks. Scorecard for subsidies; by Laszlo Lovei, Eugene Gurenko, Michael Haney, Philip O'Keefe and Maria Shkaratan. Multiservice infrastructure: privatizing port services; by Lourdes Trujillo and Gustavo Nombela. Port concessions in Chile: contract design to promote competition and investment; by Juan Foxley and Jose Luis Mardones.

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