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Implications for climate-change policy of research on cooperation in social dilemmas (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS5006 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июля 2009 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Walking up the down escalator : public investment and fiscal stability (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 76781 Дата подготовки документа: 8 января 2008 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Easterly,William R.,Irwin,Timothy C.,Serven,Luis
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Walking up the down escalator : public investment and fiscal stability (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS4158 Дата подготовки документа: 1 марта 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Easterly,William R.,Irwin,Timothy C.,Serven,Luis
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Government guarantees - allocating and valuing risk in privately financed infrastructure projects (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 39497 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 37554 Дата подготовки документа: 1 ноября 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 34304 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июля 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Boyle,Glenn W.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Techniques for estimating the fiscal costs and risks of long-term output-based payments (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 34302 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июня 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Boyle,Glenn W.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Techniques for estimating the fiscal costs and risks of long-term output-based payments (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 33162 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июня 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Boyle,Glenn W.,Irwin,Timothy C.
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Some options for improving the governance of state-owned electricity utilities (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 30518 Дата подготовки документа: 1 февраля 2004 года Автор: Irwin,Timothy C.,Yamamoto,Chiaki
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Exchange rate risk : allocating exchange rate risk in private infrastructure projects (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Точка зрения Номер отчета: 54118 Дата подготовки документа: 1 декабря 2003 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 26601 Дата подготовки документа: 31 августа 2003 года Автор: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Managing government exposure to private infrastructure risks (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Журнальная статья Номер отчета: 76636 Дата подготовки документа: 1 августа 1999 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: WTP399 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1998 года Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 17322 Дата подготовки документа: 31 декабря 1997 года Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Точка зрения Номер отчета: 16876 Дата подготовки документа: 30 сентября 1997 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Alexander,Ian,Irwin,Timothy C.
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The urban age - city investment strategies (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Информационный бюллетень Номер отчета: 18335 Дата подготовки документа: 30 апреля 1997 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: 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 (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Точка зрения Номер отчета: 16897 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1997 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Irwin,Timothy C.
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Regulating water companies (Английский)
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...
Типу документа: Точка зрения Номер отчета: 16936 Дата подготовки документа: 31 мая 1996 года Автор: Klein, Michael,Irwin,Timothy C.