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Developed by the Public Utility Research Center (PURC) at the University of Florida, in collaboration with the University of Toulouse, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, the World Bank and a panel of international experts, the Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation (BoKIR) summarizes some of the best thinking on infrastructure policy. Funding for this project came from the Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF).
This site provides links to more than 500 references, an extensive glossary and self-testing features to facilitate learning. The references include publications and decisions by regulatory agencies and other governmental bodies; policy advisories by think tanks, consultants, donor agencies, and others; and research by academics, consultants, and other experts.
The World Bank staff, academics, regulators, government officials and consultants who worked on the BoKIR hope that it provides a standard set of regulatory concepts and readings to which regulators throughout the world should be exposed, thus affording them opportunities for shared knowledge across countries and sectors, and for improved regulatory practices. For further information about the BoKIR and its potential applications, please contact us. Also, if you have suggestions for supplementary reference material, additional glossary terms, new FAQs, or other topics, please let us know.
We thank the following people who served as advisors and facilitators during the development of this web site. These experts provided strategic direction, suggested references, edited text, and made numerous other recommendations. The authors are responsible for any errors and omissions.
In 2008, PPIAF established a Governing Board, a Review Committee, and a Secretariat at PURC to lead an update of the content on the web site.
Governing Board Members
- Berg, Sanford V. Director of Water Studies, PURC at the University of Florida
- Gallo, Joshua Infrastructure Specialist, The World Bank
- Gassner, Katharina Senior Economist, The World Bank
- Jamison, Mark A. Director, PURC at the University of Florida
Review Committee Members:
- Mwenechanya, Jorry Director and Chairman, Institute of Infrastructure Services
- Rodriguez Pardina, Martin Partner, MacroConsulting S.A.
- Samarajiva, Rohan Executive Director & Chairman of the Board, LIRNEasia
Original Panel of Experts
- Alexander, Ian Senior Economist, The World Bank
- Bertolini, Lorenzo PSD Specialist, The World Bank
- Byatt, Ian Senior Associate, Frontier Economics
- Chevalier, Jacques Cote d'Ivoire
- Eberhard, Anton Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
- Gallardo, Jose Chief Economist, Organismo Supervisor de la Inversión en Energía (OSINERG), Peru
- Gomez-Ibanez, Jose Professor, Harvard University
- Harris, Clive Manager, The World Bank
- Hay, Winston Regulatory Consultant
- Jadresic, Alejandro Executive Director, Jadresic Consultores LTDA
- Jamison, Mark A. Director, Public Utility Research Center, University of Florida
- Kennedy, David Senior Energy Economist, The World Bank
- Littlechild, Stephen Consultant
- Lock, Reinier Cameron McKenna LLP
- Mkhwanazi, Xolani Chairman, National Energy Regulator, South Africa
- Movsesyan, Vardan Chairman, Energy Commision of Republic of Armenia
- Parry, Thomas Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal, Australia
- Rodriquez Pardina, Martin President, Macroconsulting S.A.
- Rivera, Virgilio (Perry) Group Director, Regulation and Planning, Manila Water Company
- Samarajiva, Rohan Team Leader, Ministry of Economic Reform, Sri Lanka
- Vignon, Honore International Telecommunications Union
- Zhang, Xinzhu Research Scholar, Chinese Social Science Academy
Technology
The Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation has been engineered to be as cross-compatible as possible. Our goal for this web site is to be as functional on a 15-year old computer with a dial-up connection as it is on a new computer with broadband access. Whether it is viewed using Windows, Linux, or MacOS, on a 21" monitor or 2" mobile phone screen (or read aloud by screen reading software for the visually impaired), the authors have worked to make the BoKIR as accessible as possible.
This site is coded in standards-compliant XHTML, CSS, and ECMAScript (JavaScript), and conforms to Level A of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
Special thanks are owed to Rossana Passaniti and Catherine Banks for their organizational and editorial work during the update, and to Abhay Dhingra and Michael Rodriguez for their web design work and research efforts.