Documents et rapports
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Implications for climate-change policy of research on cooperation in social dilemmas (anglais)
The problem of climate change seems to be a tragedy of the commons: despite the global benefits of reducing green-house gas emissions, no individual has any incentive to reduce his or her own emissions...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS5006 Date du document: 1 juillet 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Walking up the down escalator : public investment and fiscal stability (anglais)
When growth-promoting spending is cut so much that the present value of future government revenues falls by more than the immediate improvement in the cash deficit, fiscal adjustment becomes like walking...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 76781 Date du document: 8 janvier 2008 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Easterly,William R.,Irwin,Timothy C.,Serven,Luis
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Walking up the down escalator : public investment and fiscal stability (anglais)
Fiscal adjustment becomes like walking up the down escalator when growth-promoting spending is cut so much as to lower growth and thus the present value of future tax revenues to a degree that more than...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS4158 Date du document: 1 mars 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Easterly,William R.,Irwin,Timothy C.,Serven,Luis
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Government guarantees - allocating and valuing risk in privately financed infrastructure projects (anglais)
Government guarantees can help persuade private investors to finance valuable new infrastructure. But because their costs are hard to estimate and usually do not show up in the government's accounts, governments...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 39497 Date du document: 1 janvier 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Infrastructure development: the roles of the public and private sectors - World Bank Group's approach to supporting investments in infrastructure (anglais)
This study reviews the status and performance of the physical infrastructure in the transition economies of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region during the last 12 to 15 years and attempts to identify...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 37554 Date du document: 1 novembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.,Juan,Ellis J.,Warlters,Michael Ian
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Estimating the fiscal risks and costs of output-based payments - an overview (anglais)
Output-based payments are an important tool of government policy. Sometimes governments offer "output-based aid" to subsidize services sold to households. Because output-based payments are tied to the...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 34304 Date du document: 1 juillet 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Boyle,Glenn W.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Techniques for estimating the fiscal costs and risks of long-term output-based payments (anglais)
Long-term commitments to make output-based payments for infrastructure can encourage private investors to provide socially valuable services. Making good decisions about such commitments is difficult...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 34302 Date du document: 1 juin 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Boyle,Glenn W.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Techniques for estimating the fiscal costs and risks of long-term output-based payments (anglais)
Long-term commitments to make output-based payments for infrastructure can encourage private investors to provide socially valuable services. Making good decisions about such commitments is difficult however...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 33162 Date du document: 1 juin 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Boyle,Glenn W.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Some options for improving the governance of state-owned electricity utilities (anglais)
Most government-owned utilities in developing countries perform poorly when judged as providers of electricity, in part because politicians and officials use their power, not to encourage the utilities...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 30518 Date du document: 1 février 2004 Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.,Yamamoto,Chiaki
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Exchange rate risk : allocating exchange rate risk in private infrastructure projects (anglais)
Each year developing countries seek billions of dollars of investment in their infrastructure, and private investors, mostly in rich countries, seek places to invest trillions of dollars of new savings...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 54118 Date du document: 1 décembre 2003 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Gray,Philip D.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Public money for private infrastructure : deciding when to offer guarantees, output-based subsidies, and other fiscal support (anglais)
When governments seek private investment in infrastructure projects, they usually find themselves asked to provide grants, guarantees, or other forms of fiscal support. Often they prefer to provide support...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 26601 Date du document: 31 août 2003 Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Managing government exposure to private infrastructure risks (anglais)
The privatization of infrastructure should lead to the development of new infrastructure, improvements in the operation of existing infrastructure, and a reduction in budgetary subsidies. Whether countries...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 76636 Date du document: 1 août 1999 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.,Klein,Maximilian Michael Johann,Perry, Guiliermo E.,Thobani,Mateen
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Concessions for infrastructure : a guide to their design and award (anglais)
This report provides a guide to the complex range of issues and options related to design, award, implementation, monitoring, and modification of concessions. The main rationale for concessions is that...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: WTP399 Date du document: 31 mars 1998 Auteur: Kerf, Michael,GRAY, R. DAVID,Irwin,Timothy C.,LEVESQUE, CELINE,Taylor,Robert R.,Klein,Michael Ulrich
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Dealing with public risk in private infrastructure (anglais)
This volume reports on the findings of a conference on managing government exposure to private infrastructure projects. The transfer of risk to private operators should lead to the development of new infrastructure...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17322 Date du document: 31 décembre 1997 Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.,Klein,Michael Ulrich,Perry, Guillermo E.,Thobani, Mateen [editors]
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Price caps, rate-of-return regulation, and the cost of capital (anglais)
This note compares the effects of price cap and rate-of-return regulation on the risk borne by regulated utilities. It present evidence that price cap regulation subjects firms to greater risks and therefore...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16876 Date du document: 30 septembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Alexander,Ian,Irwin,Timothy C.
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The urban age - city investment strategies (anglais)
Responsible investing for cities and taxpayers, by Timothy Irwin. New ways to package urban investments, by Lyndsay Neilson. India's ULBs give lenders more than IOUs, by Patralekha Chatterjee. National...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 18335 Date du document: 30 avril 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.,Chatterjee,Patralekha,Bergen,Margaret,Kabanova, Olga,Waldhorn, Steven A.,Egan, Edmund A.,Conger,Lucy,Neilson, Lyndsay,Choguill, Charles A.,Padula, Giovanni,Cabannes,Yves,Moseley,Jenepher W.,McNulty, Robert,Aitkin, Don,Garcia, Alvin B.,Joshi, Rita,Carper,Leslie,Taylor, Joseph,Cardenas, Cuauhtemoc
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Price structures, cross-subsidies, and competition in infrastructure (anglais)
Governments often regulate not only the overall level of prices charged by infrastructure firms but also the relationship between prices for different services or customers. Prices can differ among different...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16897 Date du document: 28 février 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Regulating water companies (anglais)
The water industry differs in two key respects from such other network industries as gas, electricity, and telecommunications. First, it offers fewer opportunities for competition among suppliers, since...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16936 Date du document: 31 mai 1996 Auteur: Klein, Michael,Irwin,Timothy C.