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Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone
Beato, Paulina; Benavides, Juan; Bondorevsky, Diego; … - Inter-American Development Bank
"Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone" is part of a larger effort by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote integration of energy markets in South America's Southern Cone region. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the gas industry's evolution in the region,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772365
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772512
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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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895460
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Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone
Beato, Paulina; Benavides, Juan; Bondorevsky, Diego; … - Inter-American Development Bank
"Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone" is part of a larger effort by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote integration of energy markets in South America's Southern Cone region. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the gas industry's evolution in the region,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943419
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943432
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943593
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The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for Climate-Resilient, Low-Carbon Development Title: El desafío climático y de desarrollo en Amér...
Vergara, Walter; Rios, Ana R.; Paliza, Luis Miguel Galindo - Inter-American Development Bank
This book is a joint effort lead by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in collaboration with the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) focused on the climate and development challenge for LAC. It deals with a matter that is bound...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011249349
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Inter-Fuel Competition in Electricity Generation
Bailey, Jed - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study compares the levelized cost of electricity generated with fossil fuels (including coal, natural gas, fuel … range of levelized cost of electricity for each technology. In addition, the study examined how the cost of electricity was … and levelized costs of electricity by repowering existing thermal power plants or switching high-carbon fuels to lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728985
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Latin America's Energy Future
Tissot, Roger - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years, before considering the trends that will affect the region in the coming decades. It highlights several important issues, including the growing demand for oil, which has prompted a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728987
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Competitiveness: The Business of Growth Title: Competitividad: el motor del crecimiento
Kapsoli, Javier; Galindo, Arturo; 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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895466