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Can poor consumers pay for energy and water?

This paper takes a detailed look at the affordability of electricity, district heating and water for low-income consumers in transition countries. It finds that affordability is particularly a problem in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and in the water sector. The paper also found that delays to tariff reform have little impact on affordability.

Link	http://www.ebrd.org/pubs/econo/wp0092.htm
Author	Fankhauser, S., Tepic, S
Date	Aug 2005
Institute	EBRD
Tags	CIS, electricity, heating, water, affordability