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Unclogging the Arteries: The Impact of Transport Costs on Latin American and Caribbean Trade

Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita; Blyde, Juan; Martincus, … - Inter-American Development Bank

The book explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport costs have assumed an unprecedented strategic importance to the region. The region can no longer rely solely on trade agreements, proximity, labor costs and an abundant supply...

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Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas: Special Report on Integration and Trade

Estevadeordal, Antoni; Suominen, Kati; Harris, Jeremy; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This book assesses the impact and design of optimal strategies to implement existing agreements. It deals with issues such as removing the remaining barriers to trade, improving the institutional, regional, and global trade architecture, and promoting convergence and accumulation among the...

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Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas: Special Report on Integration and Trade

Estevadeordal, Antoni; Suominen, Kati; Harris, Jeremy; … - Inter-American Development Bank

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Unclogging the Arteries: The Impact of Transport Costs on Latin American and Caribbean Trade

Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita; Martincus, Christian Volpe; … - Inter-American Development Bank

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Competitiveness: The Business of Growth Title: Competitividad: el motor del crecimiento

Galindo, Arturo José; Kapsoli, Javier; Márquez, Gustavo; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Competing in the world economy does not automatically boost a nation's productivity and restructure its economy. Such progress requires mobilizing capital, employment, technology and knowledge. Opportunities beyond the business realm must be fully exploited to the benfit of society as a whole....

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Market or State?: Three Decades of Reform in the Latin American Electric Power Industry Title: Entre el mercado y el Estado: Tres décadas de reformas en el sector eléctrico de Amér...

Millán, Jaime - Inter-American Development Bank

The history of the electric power industry in Latin America has been a continuous search for a formula that would yield a reliable and efficient service, accessible to all. By recognizing the difficulties encountered in the last three decades in implementing all types of models, Market or State?...

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Provision of Public Services and Welfare of the Poor: Learning from an Incomplete Electricity Privatization Process in Rural Peru

Alcázar, Lorena; Nakasone, Eduardo; Torero, Máximo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

public versus private provision. The results in this paper suggest that management of electricity firms by the private sector … leads to a significant improvement in the quality of the provision of electricity. These improvements in quality and supply … of electricity provision yield some efficiency gains in terms of the time allocation of the working labor force that can …

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Post-Privatization Renegotiation and Disputes in Chile

Basañes, C. Federico; Saavedra, Eduardo; Soto, Raimundo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

taken place in Chile since the late 1980s in the electricity sector. This sector was chosen because the privatization …. The paper also assesses how lessons learned in the reform of electricity were internalized in the design of the regulatory …

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Power Sector Reform in Latin America: Accomplishments, Failures and Challenges

Millán, Jaime - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

In this technical paper, the author addresses pertinent issues that affect reform in the power sector and the status of current efforts. The objective of the paper is such: 1) It explains the difficulties in achieving a separation of the roles of the State in an environment in which it continues...

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2010 InfraScope Index for Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010

Private Partnerships (PPPs) in transport, water/sanitation and electricity infrastructure for 19 Latin American and Caribbean …

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