Private utilities and poverty alleviation market initiatives at the base of the pyramid / edited by Patricia C. M�arquez, Carlos Ruf�in. [electronic resource] :
edited by Patricia C. M�arquez, Carlos Ruf�in.
- Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, c2011.
- 1 online resource (xi, 278 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-265) and index.
Introduction : utilities at the base of the pyramid / Patricia M�arquez and Carlos Ruf�in -- Reaching scale : utilities as platforms to provide opportunities for the majority / Francisco Mej�ia -- The innovative use of mobile telephony in the Philippines : lessons for Africa / Shawn Mendes -- Information and communication technologies and the base of the pyramid : lessons from the Philippines' Last Mile Initiative / Gigo Alampay -- Power distribution in Argentina : are the strategies for the base of the pyramid actually BOP strategies? / Miguel �Angel Gardetti -- Prepaid meters in electricity : a cost-benefit analysis / Ariel A. Casar�in and Luciana Nicollier -- Challenges and opportunities in electricity service provision for urban BOP communities / Simone Lawaetz and Connie Smyser -- Delivering utility services to the poor using output-based aid approaches / Patricia Veevers-Carter and Cathy Russell -- A utility's perspective on assisting BOP communities : the AES Corporation's experience / Scarlett �Alvarez and Francisco Morandi -- One step toward citizenship : the slum electrification and loss reduction pilot project in S�ao Paulo, Brazil / Ivar Pettersson -- Conclusions : providing utilities to the poor / Patricia M�arquez and Carlos Ruf�in.
Drawing on cases from electricity distribution and other infrastructure industries, and from experiences spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book examines new business models to bring basic utility services to the four billion people comprising the base of the socio-economic pyramid.
9780857930422 (e-book)
2010929032
Public utilities.
Economic development.
Electronic books.
HD2763 / .P728 2011
363.6
Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-265) and index.
Introduction : utilities at the base of the pyramid / Patricia M�arquez and Carlos Ruf�in -- Reaching scale : utilities as platforms to provide opportunities for the majority / Francisco Mej�ia -- The innovative use of mobile telephony in the Philippines : lessons for Africa / Shawn Mendes -- Information and communication technologies and the base of the pyramid : lessons from the Philippines' Last Mile Initiative / Gigo Alampay -- Power distribution in Argentina : are the strategies for the base of the pyramid actually BOP strategies? / Miguel �Angel Gardetti -- Prepaid meters in electricity : a cost-benefit analysis / Ariel A. Casar�in and Luciana Nicollier -- Challenges and opportunities in electricity service provision for urban BOP communities / Simone Lawaetz and Connie Smyser -- Delivering utility services to the poor using output-based aid approaches / Patricia Veevers-Carter and Cathy Russell -- A utility's perspective on assisting BOP communities : the AES Corporation's experience / Scarlett �Alvarez and Francisco Morandi -- One step toward citizenship : the slum electrification and loss reduction pilot project in S�ao Paulo, Brazil / Ivar Pettersson -- Conclusions : providing utilities to the poor / Patricia M�arquez and Carlos Ruf�in.
Drawing on cases from electricity distribution and other infrastructure industries, and from experiences spanning Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book examines new business models to bring basic utility services to the four billion people comprising the base of the socio-economic pyramid.
9780857930422 (e-book)
2010929032
Public utilities.
Economic development.
Electronic books.
HD2763 / .P728 2011
363.6