World Bank Papers

World Bank Working papers derive from completed or ongoing work and are published in a relatively unpolished form to communicate findings and encourage comment. They present the results of economic, financial, or technical research; country experience or analysis; operational evaluations; detailed background or case studies; performance guidelines; or other technical materials.

In October 2002, the Working Paper series replaced the Discussion and Technical papers.

Unless otherwise stated, the findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in the papers are entirely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

Connecting Residential Households to Natural Gas: An Economic & Financial Analysis OBA Working Paper Series. Paper No. 7, April 2006

Electricity Sector Reform in Developing Countries: a Survey of Empirical Evidence on Determinants and Performance.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 3549, by Tooraj Jamasb,
Raffaella Mota, David Newbery and Michael Pollitt. March 2005.

Regulatory Effectiveness: the Impact of Regulation and Regulatory Governance Arrangements on Electricity Industry Outcomes. Policy Research Working Paper No. 3536, by John Cubbin and Jon Stern.  March 2005.  

Regulatory Effectiveness and the Empirical Impact of Variations in Regulatory Governance - Electricity Industry Capacity and Efficiency in Developing Countries. Policy Research Working Paper No. 3535, by John Cubbin and John Stern.   March 2005.

Regulation of Heat and Electricity Produced in Combined-Heat-and-Power Plants.  Working paper, by Carolyn Gochenour.  October 2003.

The Privatization of the Russian Coal Industry: Policies and Processes in the Transformation of a Major Industry. Policy Research Working Paper No. 2820, by Igor Artemiev and Michael Haney.  April 2002.

Do Rural Infrastructure Investments Benefit the Poor? Evaluating Linkages: A Global View, A Focus on Vietnam.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 2796, by Jocelyn A. Songco.  March 2002.

Regulatory Governance and Chile's 1998-99 Electricity Shortage. Policy Research Working Paper No. 2701, by Ronald Fischer and Alexander Galetovic.  November 2001.

Management of Oil Windfalls in Mexico: Historical Experience and Policy Options for the Future.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 2592, by Stephen Everhart and Robert Duval-Hernandez. April 2001.

Designing Natural Gas Distribution Concessions in a Megacity: Tradeoffs Between Scale Economies and Information Disclosure in Mexico City. Policy Research Working Paper No. 2538 by Juan Rosellón and Jonathan Halpern. January 2001.

Regulatory Reform in Mexico's Natural Gas Industry: Liberalization in the Context of a Dominant Upstream Incumbent.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 2537, by Juan Rosellon and Jonathan Halpern. January 2001.

Risk Shifting and Long-Term Contracts: Evidence From the Ras Gas Project.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 2469, by Mansoor Dailami and Robert Hauswald.  November 2000.

Investment in Natural Gas Pipelines in the Southern Cone of Latin America.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 2315, by Alejandro Jadresic.  April 2000.

Environmental Performance of Bank-Financed Coal-Fired Power Plants in China.  East Asia Environmental and Social Development Unit Working Paper, by Jia Lanqing, Bernard Baratz, and Jack Fritz. February 2000.

Light and Lightning at the End of the Public Tunnel: Reform of the Electricity Sector in the Southern Cone.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 2074 by Antonio Estache and Martin Rodriguez-Pardina.  March 1999.

Development of Natural Gas and Pipeline Capacity Markets in the United States. Policy Research Working Paper No. 1897, by Andrej Juris. March 1998.

The Emergence of Markets in the Natural Gas Industry. Policy Research Working Paper No. 1895, by Andrej Juris.  March 1998.

Market Development in the United Kingdom's Natural Gas Industry.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 1890, by Andrej Juris. March 1998.

Tradeoffs from Hedging Oil Price Risk in Ecuador.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 1792, by Sudhakar Satyanarayan and Eduardo Somensatto. June 1997.

World Crude Oil Resources: Evidence from Estimating Supply Functions for 41 Countries.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 1756, by G. C Watkins and Shane Streifel. April 1997.

Uncertainty and the Price for Crude Oil Reserves. Policy Research Working Paper No. 1655, by Timothy J. Considine and Donald F. Larson.  September 1996.

The Benefits of Alternative Power Tariffs for Nigeria and Indonesia. Policy Research Working Paper No. 1606, by Alex Anas and Kyu Sik Lee. May 1996.

Asia Energy Profile: Hydrocarbon Sector Performance. Asia Departmental Paper Series, No. 13, by Anil K. Malhotra, P Sinsukprasert, and P. Eglington.  April 1996.

Electricity Demand in Asia and the Effects on Energy Supply and the Investment Environment.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 1557, by Ishguro Masayasu and Akiyama Takamasa.  December 1995.

Raising Household Energy Prices in Poland: Who Gains? Who Loses?  Policy Research Working Paper No.1495, by Caroline L. Freund and Christine I. Wallich. August 1995.

Energy Price Increases in Developing Countries: Case Study of Colombia, Ghana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey, and Zimbabwe.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 1442, by Einar Hope and Balbir Singh.  March 1995.

Legislative Frameworks Used to Foster Petroleum Development.  Policy Research Working Paper No. 1420, by William T. Onorato.  February 1995.

Biomass.  Policy Research Working Paper, by David O. Hall. August 1992.

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