Books by Kristin Komives

Large and growing subsidies to residential consumers in Mexico have become a major policy concern. This report explains the growth of subsidies, the current distribution of subsidies across income classes, and uses utility and household survey data to simulate how alternative subsidy mechanisms could improve distributional and fiscal performance.

Assesses and promotes cost effective approaches to the financing and provision of infrastructure services to the poor in developing countries. This book brings together evidence on subsidy performance across a range of countries. It documents the prevalence of consumer subsidies, and provides a typology of the variants found in those countries.