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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 (BoK) on Infrastructure Regulation summarizes and links to some of the best thinking on utility policy. Funding for this project came from PPIAF.
The site provides summaries of and links to the more than 300 references, an 80+ page 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 BoK 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 BoK and its potential applications, please contact us.
Panel of Experts
We would like to thank the following people who served as advisors and facilitators during the development of this Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation. These experts provided strategic direction, suggested references, edited text, and made numerous other recommendations. The authors are responsible for any errors and omissions.
- 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 is for this website to be as functional on a 15 year old computer with a dial-up connection as it is on a brand new computer with broadband. 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), we strive to make the Body of Knowledge 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.