Regulation of the Electricity Industry in Bolivia: Its Impact on Access to the Poor, Prices and Quality

In line with the objective of the paper, the evolution of the industry is analyzed in terms of its
contribution to lessen poverty levels in the country, where poverty is understood as a lack of
access to basic public services, such is electricity. It should be noted that the paper does not
intend to establish a causal relationship between the evolution of the electric industry and a
lessening of poverty indicators in the country, but rather to analyze, in a qualitative manner, if
access (coverage) and accessibility (prices) to this basic utility have increased. Quality of service
will also be touched, though it will not be tied to poverty considerations. Throughout this section
it will be assumed that the period “before regulation“ comprises the year 1995 and all those
before it. The “regulation“ period, then, is represented by all years after 1995.

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