, including the growing demand for oil, which has prompted a resurgence of resource nationalism and the revitalization of national … oil companies in the region. Regional oil policy has also been boosted by the growth of China, which is now a major player …

, including the growing demand for oil, which has prompted a resurgence of resource nationalism and the revitalization of national … oil companies in the region. Regional oil policy has also been boosted by the growth of China, which is now a major player …

During 2004-06 Bolivia experienced a five-fold increase in oil revenues due to tax/ contractual innovations, higher … decentralize expenditure to local governments and nationalization of the oil industry. This paper presents a model of fiscal … of allocations and distribution of the oil rent is essential to the short to medium term sustainability of the new …

During 2004-06 Bolivia experienced a five-fold increase in oil revenues due to tax/ contractual innovations, higher … decentralize expenditure to local governments and nationalization of the oil industry. This paper presents a model of fiscal … of allocations and distribution of the oil rent is essential to the short to medium term sustainability of the new …

impact of oil price shocks. Two Caribbean economies highly vulnerable to oil price shocks are considered: an oil importer … (Jamaica) and an oil exporter (Trinidad and Tobago). From a risk-sharing perspective, a desirable external capital structure is …

water and sewage. In this paper, the authors analyze a series of post-privatization disputes and renegotiations that have … taken place in Chile since the late 1980s in the electricity sector. This sector was chosen because the privatization …

This report examines the problems of theft, nonpayment and political opportunism in the aftermath of privatization by …

the lack of public support for privatization and the succession of crises and events in the recent past (problems of …