Documents et rapports
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Core indicators for determinants and performance of the electricity sector in developing countries (anglais)
Since the early 1990s, substantial resources and efforts have been spent on implementing market-oriented electricity reforms in developing countries. While there are important sectoral, economic, and social...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3599 Date du document: 1 mai 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Jamasb,Tooraj,Newbery,David M.,Pollitt,Michael Gerald
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Electricity sector reform in developing countries : a survey of empirical evidence on determinants and performance (anglais)
Driven by ideology, economic reasoning, and early success stories, vast amounts of financial resources and effort have been spent on reforming infrastructure industries in developing countries. It is therefore...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3549 Date du document: 1 mars 2005 Auteur: Jamasb,Tooraj,Lisboa Mota,Raffaella Maria,Newbery,David M.,Pollitt,Michael Gerald
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Hungary - a regulatory and structural review of selected infrastructure sectors (anglais)
The report provides a diagnostic assessment of recent, ongoing structural and, regulatory reforms in Hungary's infrastructure sectors: electricity, oil and gas, and telecommunications, and, identifies...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: WTP474 Date du document: 30 juin 2000 Auteur: Kessides, Ioavannis N. [editor],Newbery,David M.,PIERCE JR.,RICHARD J.,Rosston, Gregory L.
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Public policy for the private sector (anglais)
The restructuring and privatization of the U.K. electricity supply - was it worth it? by David M. Newbery and Michael G. Pollitt. A retrospective on the Mexican toll road program (1989-94), by Jeff Ruster...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 18956 Date du document: 30 septembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.,Pollitt,Michael Gerald,Ruster,Jeff E.,Brook Cowen, Penelope J.,Anderson,Robert E.,Djankov,Simeon,Pohl,Gerhard,Claessens, Stijn,Bond,James P.,Wellenius,Bjorn,Braga,Carlos Alberto Primo,Smith, Peter,Fink,Carsten
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The restructuring and privatization of the U.K. electricity supply - was it worth it? (anglais)
The electricity supply industry in England and Wales was under public ownership from 1948 to 1990. For most of this period, the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) operated all generation and transmission...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 17080 Date du document: 30 septembre 1997 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.,Pollitt,Michael Gerald
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A template for power reform (anglais)
The author argues that since competition is more effective than regulation in promoting efficiency, separating the potentially competitive parts of the industry from the natural monopoly parts that must...
Type de document: Point de vue Numéro du rapport: 16913 Date du document: 30 septembre 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.
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Public policy for the private sector (anglais)
Restructuring regulation of the railroad industry. A template for power reform. Lessons from power sector reform in England and Wales. Private power financing from project finance to corporate finance...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 47580 Date du document: 1 septembre 1995 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Kessides,Ioannis N.,Willig,Robert D.,Newbery,David M.,Bacon,Robert W.,Jechoutek,Karl Georg,Lamech,Ranjit J., Dnes, Antony W. , Smith, Peter ,Guislain,Pierre
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The World Bank research observer 3 (2) (anglais)
Charging for roads. The value-added tax and developing countries. Indexation and stabilization : theory and experience. Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in Africa. Urban labor markets and development.
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 17500 Date du document: 31 juillet 1988 Auteur: Newbery,David M.,Shoup, Carl,Mcnelis,Paul,Elkan, Walter,Kannappan, Subbiah
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The theory of taxation for developing countries (anglais)
Tax policy has far-reaching implications for economic development and public administration. This book, which presents a modern theory of public finance, brings together many of the most distinguished...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 11614 Date du document: 31 juillet 1988 Auteur: Newbery,David M.,Stern, Nicholas [editors]
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Wage rigidity, implicit contracts, and economic efficiency : are market wages too flexible? (anglais)
The analysis of implicit contracts between risk-averse workers and risk-neutral firms must recognize that: (i) the contract is implicit, not explicit; (ii) it may only be conditioned on observable variables;...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD53 Date du document: 16 juin 1983 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.,Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
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Commodity price stabilization in imperfect or cartelized markets (anglais)
Most studies of commodity price stabilization assume that all agents behave competitively. However, many commodities suitable for stockpiling are produced by countries with a significant share of the world...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD51 Date du document: 1 mars 1983 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.
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The manipulation of futures markets by a dominant producer (anglais)
This paper studies the impact of a futures market on a cash market in which there is a dominant producer and a competitive fringe of price-taking firms. It is shown that a futures market has two effects:...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD39 Date du document: 1 septembre 1982 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.
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Commodity price stabilization in imperfectly competitive markets (anglais)
The analysis of commodity price stabilization is extended to deal with imperfectly competitive commodity markets. The paper summarizes the analysis of the case for international price stabilization in...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: DRD32 Date du document: 1 décembre 1981 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Newbery,David M.