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40 Years: More Than a Bank Title: 40 años: Más que un banco

Brezina, Carlos V.; Iglesias, Enrique V.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

This overview of the first 40 years of the Inter-American Development Bank shows that the main source of financing for development in Latin America and the Caribbean has been an innovative and flexible institution.Abstract: Esta es una reseña de los primeros 40 años de actividad del Banco...

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Does Society Win or Lose as a Result of Privatization?: Provision of Public Services and Welfare of the Poor: The Case of Water Sector Privatization in Colombia

Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Olivera, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

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 …

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A Decade of Structural Reforms in Latin America: What Has Been Reformed and How to Measure It

Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

During the past decade, structural polices in the region have been aimed increasingly at improving economic efficiency and reducing government interference in economic decisions. The effects of this shift have not yet been accurately evaluated due to the lack of systematic measurements of the...

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Stay Public or Go Private?: A Comparative Analysis of Water Services between Quito and Guayaquil

Carrillo, Paul; Bellettini, Orazio; Coombs, Elizabeth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

and Guayaquil- both before and after the privatization of water services in Guayaquil. The type of data sources that are … used to identify the causal effects of the privatization of water provision. In particular, differences in a) before … privatization. …

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The Structure of Natural Gas Markets in Argentina and Antitrust Issues in Regional Energy Integration

Bondorevsky, Diego; Petrecolla, Diego - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the process of natural gas market integration in the Southern Cone of South America. More specifically, the paper examines infrastructure and performance of the sector in Argentina, the effects that this sector has had on overall regional...

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Can Reforms be Made Sustainable?: Analysis and Design Considerations for the Electricity Sector

Benavides, Juan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

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

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Post-Privatization Renegotiation and Disputes in Chile

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

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 …

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Private Utility Supply in a Hostile Environment: The Experience of Water, Sanitation and Electricity Distribution Utilities in Northern Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Ecuador

Manzetti, Luigi; Rufín, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

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

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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 service. The results suggest that privatization is robustly associated with improvements in quality and efficiency …

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Belize: A Private Sector Assessment: Private Sector Development Discussion Paper #6

Rowland, Ben; Durante, Juan José; Martin, Dougal - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

Two basic factors shape private sector development in Belize. First, the population is small - only 322,000 as of mid-2008. This limits the size of the domestic market and potential economies of scale. The economy was only US$1.3 billion in 2009 and diversification is limited. The economy...

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