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Beyond coverage: Unveiling income and spatial inequalities in access to water and sanitation services in Chile 覆盖范围之外：揭示智利在获得水和卫生服务方面的收入和空间不平等

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102061

Josefa Bravo , Gustavo Anriquez , Oscar Melo , Guillermo Donoso

This study examines income-related inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation in Chile, with a focus on urban-rural disparities. Using data from the CASEN household surveys (1990–2017) and the Concentration Index (CI) as a distributional measure, the analysis reveals persistent structural inequities. Access deficits are disproportionately concentrated among low-income households, particularly in rural areas and non-concessioned urban zones. While national coverage rates have improved, these gains have not translated into equitable outcomes. Inequality intensified during the 1990s and early 2000s, and although modest reductions followed, significant disparities persist, especially in access to improved sources. The findings challenge prevailing assumptions that high national coverage equates to universal access, revealing the limitations of aggregate indicators. The study underscores the need for equity-sensitive monitoring systems and territorially differentiated policy responses. Policy must go beyond the current potable water program in rural areas to address dispersed populations and infrastructure constraints. In urban areas, extending services to marginalized, non-concessioned neighborhoods is essential. Addressing these inequities requires institutional innovation, participatory planning, and the integration of social equity into water governance frameworks. Chile can only advance toward fulfilling SDG 6 and ensuring the human right to water and sanitation through such measures.

本研究考察了智利在获得饮用水和卫生设施方面与收入相关的不平等，重点关注城乡差距。利用CASEN家庭调查（1990-2017）的数据和集中度指数（CI）作为分配指标，分析揭示了持续的结构性不平等。获取不足不成比例地集中在低收入家庭，特别是在农村地区和非特许城市地区。虽然全国覆盖率有所提高，但这些成果并没有转化为公平的结果。在20世纪90年代和21世纪初，不平等加剧，尽管随后略有减少，但显著的差距仍然存在，特别是在获得改良水源方面。调查结果挑战了普遍的假设，即高国家覆盖率等同于普遍获得，揭示了总指标的局限性。该研究强调需要建立对公平敏感的监测系统和有地域差别的政策反应。政策必须超越目前农村地区的饮用水项目，以解决人口分散和基础设施限制的问题。在城市地区，将服务扩大到边缘化、非特许社区至关重要。解决这些不平等问题需要制度创新、参与式规划以及将社会公平纳入水治理框架。智利只有通过这些措施才能实现可持续发展目标6，并确保享有水和卫生设施的人权。

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Financial statement comparability and earnings management under alternative standards: A study of Brazilian electrification cooperatives 替代标准下的财务报表可比性和盈余管理：巴西电气化合作社研究

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102058

Paulo Vitor Souza de Souza , Allison Manoel de Sousa

This study examines the relationship between financial statement comparability, under regulatory and corporate standards, and earnings management in Brazilian electrification cooperatives. The sample includes 36 cooperatives analyzed from 2014 to 2022 using panel and quantile regression. Results show that higher comparability is associated with lower levels of earnings management, especially under regulatory standards, with a more substantial effect in cooperatives prone to manipulation. The study highlights the role of comparability in reporting standards and the relevance of reducing information asymmetry, benefiting cooperatives and creditors in financial resource allocation.

本研究探讨财务报表可比性之间的关系，在监管和公司的标准，和盈余管理在巴西电气化合作社。采用面板回归和分位数回归对2014年至2022年的36家合作社进行了分析。结果表明，较高的可比性与较低的盈余管理水平相关，特别是在监管标准下，对容易被操纵的合作社的影响更大。该研究强调了可比性在报告标准中的作用，以及减少信息不对称、使合作社和债权人在财政资源分配中受益的重要性。

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Measuring energy poverty in Argentina: The relevance of regional disparities and policies 衡量阿根廷的能源贫困：地区差异和政策的相关性

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102042

Julian Puig , Leonardo Gasparini , Jorge Puig

This paper provides new evidence on Energy Poverty (EP) in Argentina, a middle-income country with regional disparities and a complex history of energy subsidies. Using microdata from the three most recent waves of the National Household Expenditure Survey, EP is measured through the Ten Percent Rule Index (TPRI) and the Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI). Results show a U-shaped trend in EP linked to shifts in energy subsidies, and highlight relevant regional heterogeneity driven by income, energy use, and price regulation. The study also examines links with monetary poverty, offering insights for equitable energy policy design.

本文为阿根廷的能源贫困（EP）提供了新的证据，阿根廷是一个存在地区差异和复杂能源补贴历史的中等收入国家。利用最近三次全国家庭支出调查的微观数据，通过10%规则指数（TPRI）和多维能源贫困指数（MEPI）来衡量经济效益。结果显示，能源补贴的变化与环境效率呈u型趋势，并突出了受收入、能源使用和价格管制驱动的相关区域异质性。该研究还考察了与货币贫困的联系，为公平的能源政策设计提供了见解。

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Evaluating the water quality of Brazilian distribution companies by the grey-TOPSIS method 用灰色topsis法评价巴西配电公司的水质

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102057

Pamella Gomes da Silva Farias , Maisa Mendonça Silva , Saulo de Tarso Marques Bezerra

This article proposes the use of water quality indicators to evaluate water distribution companies employing a multicriteria analysis that encompasses the Grey theory and the TOPSIS method. The main benefit of the framework is the generation of a final comparative ranking, which may assist managers, regulatory agencies, investors, users, society, and providers themselves in visualizing the quality performance of the companies analyzed. The results of applying the proposed framework to Brazilian companies proved robust after a two-step sensitivity analysis, which involved varying weights and excluding criteria.

本文建议使用水质指标来评价供水公司，采用多标准分析，包括灰色理论和TOPSIS方法。该框架的主要好处是产生一个最终的比较排名，这可以帮助管理者、监管机构、投资者、用户、社会和供应商自己可视化所分析公司的质量表现。经过两步敏感性分析（涉及不同权重和排除标准），将拟议框架应用于巴西公司的结果证明是稳健的。

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Parallel or cross implementation? Carbon emission trading and renewable portfolio standards in China 并行还是交叉实现？中国的碳排放交易与可再生能源投资组合标准

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102023

Jinyi Chen, Jian Cao, Xiuyan Ma, Yuting Yan

Fossil fuel combustion significantly contributes to carbon emissions, making it crucial for countries to adopt both Carbon Emission Trading (CET) and Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). These two policies overlap in terms of target objectives, implementation scope, and expected outcomes, necessitating a discussion on their coupling mechanisms and joint implementation approaches. Regarding the joint implementations of the two policies and the possible impacts of Chinese Certified Emission Reduction (CCER), the study constructs equilibrium models for four policy combinations: parallel, cross, parallel plus CCER, and cross plus CCER. Based on theoretical analysis, a system dynamics simulation is conducted to explore the relevant dynamic changes and development trends. There are several important results: Parallel implementation without CCER does not provide better environmental benefits while exerting higher cost pressures on conventional power plants; cross implementation is beneficial to the decline of carbon emissions in the long-term, although it may harm the incentives of conventional power plants to reduce emissions; the impact of CCER on the emission reduction inputs of conventional power plants depends on the setup of the offsetting ratio and tends to be more positive under high-emission scenarios; the joint implementation of CET and RPS has a decisive role in the Tradable Green Certificate (TGC) market: TGCs price will remain low for a long-term under parallel implementation, while it can remain relatively stable under cross implementation. The study focuses on the joint implementation of CET and RPS, which provides a reference for policy choices under the carbon peak goal.

化石燃料燃烧大大增加了碳排放，因此各国采用碳排放交易（CET）和可再生能源投资组合标准（RPS）至关重要。这两项政策在目标目标、实施范围和预期结果方面存在重叠，需要讨论它们的耦合机制和联合实施方法。针对两项政策的联合实施以及中国认证减排（CCER）可能产生的影响，本文构建了平行、交叉、平行+ CCER、交叉+ CCER四种政策组合的均衡模型。在理论分析的基础上，进行了系统动力学仿真，探讨了相关动态变化和发展趋势。有几个重要的结果：没有CCER的并行实施不会提供更好的环境效益，同时对传统发电厂施加更高的成本压力；交叉实施在长期内有利于碳排放的下降，但可能会损害传统电厂减排的积极性；CCER对常规电厂减排投入的影响取决于抵消比的设置，且在高排放情景下趋于正；CET和RPS的联合实施对可交易绿色证书（TGC）市场具有决定性作用：并行实施下，TGC价格将长期保持低位，而交叉实施下，可交易绿色证书价格将保持相对稳定。研究重点是CET和RPS的联合实施，为碳峰值目标下的政策选择提供参考。

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Modeling energy prices and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Potential transmission pathways 为撒哈拉以南非洲的能源价格和包容性增长建模：潜在的传播途径

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102039

Tesfaye Etensa , Tekie Alemu , Mengesha Yayo

Inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces persistent challenges from structural vulnerabilities and external shocks, notably volatile global energy prices. These shocks disrupt macroeconomic stability, hinder poverty reduction, and restrict access to essential services, and are further exacerbated by dependence on imported fuels. Despite the complex transmission of energy price shocks through indirect macroeconomic channels, empirical evidence on these pathways remains limited. This study examines the impact of global energy price fluctuations on inclusive growth in 33 SSA countries and six oil-exporting countries from 1996 to 2020, using two-step System GMM and Panel ARDL methods. An Inclusive Growth Index is constructed via composite PCA, encompassing eight dimensions and 34 indicators. Results indicate that rising energy prices reduce investment, household and government consumption, employment, shadow economy activity, and CO₂ emissions, while increasing exchange rate depreciation and inflation, yielding a net negative impact in the short run (−0.0075 %) and the long run (−9.427 %). In oil-exporting SSA countries, energy prices negatively affect inclusive growth through investment, government spending, employment, shadow activity, and inflation, but positively influence it through exchange rates, household consumption, and CO₂ emissions, resulting in a net negative effect (−0.049 %). Overall, inclusive growth in SSA follows an inverse-S trajectory with a negative net effect. The study recommends that oil-importing countries expand targeted subsidies, promote off-grid solar solutions, and encourage private sector participation through blended finance and public-private partnerships. Oil-exporting countries should strengthen sovereign wealth funds, allocate energy windfalls to industrial diversification, and boost clean energy investment. Channel-specific interventions are also proposed.

撒哈拉以南非洲地区的包容性增长面临结构性脆弱性和外部冲击（尤其是全球能源价格波动）带来的持续挑战。这些冲击破坏宏观经济稳定，阻碍减贫，限制获得基本服务，并因依赖进口燃料而进一步恶化。尽管能源价格冲击通过间接宏观经济渠道的复杂传导，但关于这些途径的经验证据仍然有限。本研究采用两步系统GMM和面板ARDL方法，考察了1996年至2020年全球能源价格波动对33个SSA国家和6个石油出口国包容性增长的影响。采用复合主成分分析法构建包容性增长指数，包含8个维度和34个指标。结果表明，能源价格上涨减少了投资、家庭和政府消费、就业、影子经济活动和二氧化碳排放，同时增加了汇率贬值和通货膨胀，在短期（- 0.0075%）和长期（- 9.427%）产生净负面影响。在石油出口的SSA国家，能源价格通过投资、政府支出、就业、影子活动和通货膨胀对包容性增长产生负面影响，但通过汇率、家庭消费和二氧化碳排放对包容性增长产生积极影响，导致净负效应（- 0.049%）。总体而言，SSA的包容性增长遵循负s轨迹，净效应为负。该研究建议石油进口国扩大有针对性的补贴，推广离网太阳能解决方案，并通过混合融资和公私伙伴关系鼓励私营部门参与。石油出口国应加强主权财富基金，将能源意外之财用于产业多元化，并促进清洁能源投资。还提出了针对渠道的干预措施。

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DEA-based benchmarking of water and wastewater Utilities: A comprehensive literature review 基于dea的水和废水公用事业基准：综合文献综述

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102024

Mohsen Afsharian , Heinz Ahn , Sara Kamali , Bruno Vilela

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Income elasticity of electricity demand in the context of Portugal’s energy transition 葡萄牙能源转型背景下电力需求的收入弹性

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102026

Sérgio Cruz

The debate on the decoupling between household income and energy demand has intensified in recent years, with a focus on the impact of energy efficiency policies, renewable energy self-consumption, and structural economic changes. However, electrification and the decline of the informal economy may reinforce the relationship. Using a time-varying parameter framework, this paper provides insights into how income affects grid-supplied electricity demand in Portugal, disaggregated by economic sector and utilizing regional data from 1995 to 2022. The results suggest a decreasing but positive income elasticity of aggregate electricity demand in the residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The results enable the determination of the importance of sensitivity analysis for electricity consumption in the context of the energy transition, which is particularly useful for making informed decisions about electricity generation investments, as well as network planning and development.

近年来，关于家庭收入与能源需求脱钩的争论愈演愈烈，焦点集中在能源效率政策、可再生能源自我消费和经济结构变化的影响上。然而，电气化和非正规经济的衰落可能会加强这种关系。本文使用时变参数框架，根据经济部门和1995年至2022年的区域数据，提供了收入如何影响葡萄牙电网供电电力需求的见解。结果表明，住宅、商业和工业部门总电力需求的收入弹性在下降，但为正。这些结果能够确定能源转型背景下电力消费敏感性分析的重要性，这对于做出有关发电投资以及网络规划和发展的明智决策特别有用。

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Navigating rights and responsibilities: Water and sanitation access for informal vendors in Brazil 导航的权利和责任：巴西非正式供应商的用水和卫生设施

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102051

Fernanda Deister Moreira , Leo Heller , Sonaly Rezende

This article explores the critical intersection of rights and responsibilities concerning access to water and sanitation for informal street vendors in a Brazilian city. The objective of this study was to identify and discuss the challenges rooted in policy gaps, institutional fragmentation, and sociopolitical exclusion related to the provision of water and sanitation in public spaces. The research was conducted with qualitative interviews and content analysis with vendors and public managers. The study reveals a lack of legal clarity, coordination, and accountability in public service provision, neglecting the rights of people working in public spaces. While some initiatives exist, they are isolated and unsustainable. Some suggestions are made to subsidize equitable urban policy.

本文探讨了巴西一个城市非正规街头小贩在获得水和卫生设施方面的权利和责任的关键交叉点。本研究的目的是确定和讨论与公共空间供水和卫生设施相关的政策差距、制度碎片化和社会政治排斥所带来的挑战。本研究以质性访谈及内容分析的方式与供应商及公共管理人员进行。该研究揭示了公共服务提供缺乏法律明确性、协调性和问责性，忽视了在公共场所工作的人的权利。虽然存在一些倡议，但它们是孤立的和不可持续的。提出了补贴公平城市政策的建议。

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The role of institutions and public policies in catalyzing solar power growth in India 制度和公共政策在促进印度太阳能发展中的作用

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Utilities Policy

Pub Date : 2025-09-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2025.102034

Mousami Prasad , Gaurav Singh Rana , Rajeev Jindal

Solar started as an additional energy source in India's energy mix but has transitioned into a strategic energy source and a key element of India's energy and climate commitments. Solar capacity has reached half of India's coal capacity and generates about 8% of electricity. While prior studies discuss opportunities, challenges, and policies, systematic evaluations remain scarce. This study adopts an institutional approach to analyze India's solar sector growth using latest numbers available in the reviewed literature, discuss future challenges, and the impacts on emissions and jobs. Using mixed-method research, including discourse analysis, we find purpose-built entities have been at the centre of solar growth in a coordinated effort from other layered organizations to target specific solar applications. Much of the growth came from lateral consensus-building and coordination on solar policies across the central government agencies. Institutions and policies supported mainstreaming solar by increasing installation, generation, and use of solar as an energy source. The focus on domestically produced solar panels and other equipment is now gaining traction. We find that from 2010 to 2024, solarization has saved 409–488 Mt CO₂ emissions and created over 21,000 full-time and 210–262 thousand temporary jobs. We identify four challenges that could adversely affect the speed and scale of future solar growth, namely land availability, investment needs, structural issues, and target setting, called the ‘LIST challenges in the solar sector’. The growth in solar now requires consensus-building and coordination amongst national entities and subnational entities and policies to catalyze the strategic integration of solar.

太阳能最初是印度能源结构中的一种额外能源，但已经转变为一种战略能源，是印度能源和气候承诺的关键要素。太阳能发电能力已经达到印度煤炭发电能力的一半，发电量约占印度总发电量的8%。虽然先前的研究讨论了机遇、挑战和政策，但系统的评估仍然很少。本研究采用制度方法，利用文献综述中的最新数据分析印度太阳能行业的增长，讨论未来的挑战，以及对排放和就业的影响。使用混合方法研究，包括话语分析，我们发现，在其他分层组织的协调努力下，特定的太阳能应用已经成为太阳能增长的中心。大部分增长来自中央政府各机构就太阳能政策达成的横向共识和协调。机构和政策通过增加太阳能作为能源的安装、发电和使用来支持太阳能主流化。目前，对国产太阳能电池板和其他设备的关注正在获得支持。我们发现，从2010年到2024年，太阳能已经减少了409 - 4.88亿吨二氧化碳排放，创造了超过21,000个全职工作和21 - 26.2万个临时工作。我们确定了可能对未来太阳能增长的速度和规模产生不利影响的四个挑战，即土地可用性、投资需求、结构性问题和目标设定，称为“太阳能领域的清单挑战”。太阳能的增长现在需要在国家实体和次国家实体之间建立共识和协调，以及促进太阳能战略一体化的政策。

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