This paper studies the effects of water sector privatization on consumers' welfare in 46 municipalities in Colombia …. The paper evaluates the impact of privatization on access, price, and quality of water as well as health outcomes using … differences-in-differences methodology with variation across time (before and after privatization) and between treatment and …

The incomplete privatization of the electric sector in Peru provides a unique scenario for evaluating the impact of …

and Guayaquil- both before and after the privatization of water services in Guayaquil. The type of data sources that are … used make it possible to specifically control for income and, thus, to evaluate changes in water provision, particularly … used to identify the causal effects of the privatization of water provision. In particular, differences in a) before …

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 …

While privatization of water, electricity, transport and communications infrastructure continues to gain momentum in … systems in line with international standards. Case studies examine privatization of electricity in Central America and water …

Power sector reforms across Latin America in the 1990s based on privatization, liberalization, and market forces were …

the poor have benefited from privatization. The book presents a careful analysis of the various mechanisms through which … privatization has an impact on welfare, an analysis that by and large has been missing from the debate. Case studies of water sector … privatization in Argentina and Colombia, and also the telecom industry in Peru are included. …