Regulation of Infrastructure and Utilities

Alberto Asquer is Lecturer in Public Policy and Management at the School of Finance and Management of SOAS University of London, UK, where he acts as director of the Centre for Financial and Management Studies (CeFiMS) and of the Centre for Water and Development.

• Chapter 1. Infrastructure and Utilities: The Need for Regulation.- Part I. Devising Regulation.- Chapter 2. Theories of Regulation.- Chapter 3. Regulatory Policies, Strategies, and Tools.- Chapter 4. Regulatory Reforms.- Chapter 5. Case Study: The 1994 Reform of the Water Sector in Italy.- Part II. Installing Regulation.- Chapter 6. The Politics of Regulation.- Chapter 7. Regulatory Capacity.- Chapter 8. Case Study: The Reform of the Water Sector in Italy in 1994-2001.- Part III. Making Regulation Work.- Chapter 9. Regulatory Commitment and Investments.- Chapter 10. The Performance of Regulated Industries.- Chapter 11. Case Study: The Reform of the Water Sector in Italy in 2001-2011.- Chapter 12: Conclusion: The Design of Regulatory Systems.