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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 … strategies to increase productivity and improve access by businesses to productive resources.Abstract: Participar en la economía …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895466
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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 … strategies to increase productivity and improve access by businesses to productive resources.Abstract: Participar en la economía …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943460
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Optimal Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change in Small Environmental Economies
Miller, Sebastian; Chisari, Omar; Galiani, Sebastian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper compares the optimal dynamic choices between policies of mitigation and adaptation for three economies: Brazil, Chile and the United States. The focus is on the optimal role of mitigation and adaptation for “environmentally small economies,” i. e. , economies that are witnessing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721389
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Luz para las comunidades de la Chiquitania : los beneficios de la electrificación rural con energía renovable en Bolivia
Ballón, Sergio; Román, Soraya; Antonio, Katherine M.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154409
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Fossil Fuel Power Plants: Available Technologies and Thermal Plant Prospective Potential in Latin America
Gomelsky, Roberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The general objective of this study is to provide an overview of fossil-fuel-based electric power technologies other than coal-fired technologies (coal-fired technologies are the subject of a specific guideline that has already been adopted by the IDB) and an assessment of the relevance of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728964
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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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Pre-Feasibility Study of the Potential Market for Natural Gas as a Fuel for Power Generation in the Caribbean
Bailey, Jed; Janson, Nils; Espinasa, Ramón - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
on fuel oil in the countries in the Caribbean has led to high generation costs and electricity prices. Introducing … natural gas would decrease both the cost and price of electricity - mainly due to the lower price of natural gas. Additionally … scenario in which most electricity is generated with fuel oil - will still be viable. Furthermore, though natural gas proves …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010737323
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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 América Latina
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?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772439
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Privatization, Institutional Reform, and Performance in the Latin American Electricity Sector
Balza, Lenin; Jiménez, Raúl Alberto; Díaz, Jorge … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
electricity sector in 18 Latin American countries over the last four decades. As part of this study, an updated description of … challenges related with low coverage in rural areas, significant levels of electricity losses and high end-user prices. The … electricity service. The results suggest that privatization is robustly associated with improvements in quality and efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744465