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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318518
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Spilled Water: Institutional Commitment in the Provision of Water Services
Savedoff, William D. (contributor);  … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
Latin America loses about nine trillion cubic meters of water each year, or some 30 percent of the water collected and treated for public consumption. While it is impossible for water systems to deliver 100 percent of their water to the household tap, Latin America could cut those losses by more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772505
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654024
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943640
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Provision of Public Services and Welfare of the Poor: Learning from an Incomplete Electricity Privatization Process in Rural Peru
Alcázar, Lorena; Nakasone, Eduardo; Torero, Máximo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The incomplete privatization of the electric sector in Peru provides a unique scenario for evaluating the impact of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943900
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944234
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944449
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291841
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291866
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294042