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Central American countries spend approximately one percent of their
aggregate gross domestic product subsidizing residential
electricity consumption. This amount is comparable with what these
countries spend on education and social assistance. The pressure
that electricity subsidies exert on government budgets is
particularly high when international energy prices rise.
Electricity subsidies also provide perverse incentives for the
overconsumption of electricity as households do not pay the true
cost of their consumption, which in turn reduces incentives to
increase energy efficiency. This book answers key questions
regarding residential electricity subsidies in Central America. In
particular: How do the subsidy mechanisms function in each country?
What are their fiscal costs? Are these subsidies good value for the
money? How efficient are subsidies in reaching households in need,
and what drives this efficiency? What are the reform options? The
main message of this book is that there is considerable scope for
improving the efficiency of electricity subsidies in Central
America by better targeting them to low-income households. The book
shows that electricity subsidies help reduce the burden of
electricity costs on the lowest-income groups. However, the
existing electricity subsidy schemes are very inefficient at
targeting resources to low-income households, with the majority of
government spending going to higher-income households. Indeed, most
countries in the region have the opportunity to significantly
reduce the fiscal costs of electricity subsidies without imposing
significant costs on households, particularly poor households.
Given the limited fiscal space in the region and the major needs of
the countries in terms of social services and physical
infrastructure, this study seeks to provide Central American
policymakers with the analytical foundations necessary to assess
the costs and benefits of their electricity subsidy mechanisms, and
design effective reform strategies that reflect their unique
circumstances and policy priorities.
La necesidad de obtener informacion especializada en forma rapida,
segura, eficiente y a un bajo costo, es una realidad inherente
dentro y fuera de un ambiente laboral y educativo. Actualmente, no
existen muchas aplicaciones conocidas que, ademas de cumplir el
requisito de proporcionar informacion, cuenten con mecanismos de
identificacion automaticos y con una jerarquizacion de privilegios
de la informacion Imaginemos cambiar el ambiente educativo por
medio de dispositivos moviles Asi, si un profesor llega al aula de
clase, la red movil automaticamente lo identificara y en breve, se
cargaran en su dispositivo movil todos los privilegios a los cuales
tiene acceso: listas de alumnos, horario de clase, etc. En el
presente trabajo, se aborda la propuesta de un modelo de
administracion de servicios en red para ambientes educativos,
basado en conceptos de dominio en red, computo ubicuo y tipos de
servicios, donde los usuarios tendran la capacidad de acceder a
diferentes servicios y/o aplicaciones presentes en el entorno de
forma transparente, en cualquier momento y lugar, mediante
diferentes dispositivos moviles, de acuerdo a su perfil de usuario
y a la localizacion dentro del campus."
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