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Liberalization of the Gas Sector in Latin America: The Experience of Three Countries
Beato, Paulina; Fuente, Carmen - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
learned. A description of the main features of the gas sector in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia is presented in Annexes 1, 2 … the production, transport, distribution and retail segments of the gas industry. The experiences of Argentina, Colombia … and Mexico are used as examples. The paper includes the following sections: 1) Introduction; 2) Features of a monopolistic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322731
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Liberalization of the Gas Sector in Latin America: The Experience of Three Countries
Beato, Paulina; Fuente, Carmen - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
learned. A description of the main features of the gas sector in Argentina, Mexico and Colombia is presented in Annexes 1, 2 … the production, transport, distribution and retail segments of the gas industry. The experiences of Argentina, Colombia … and Mexico are used as examples. The paper includes the following sections: 1) Introduction; 2) Features of a monopolistic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652991
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Does Firm Heterogeneity Impact the Effectiveness of Carbon Taxes? Experiments in Argentina and Mexico
Miller, Sebastian; Chisari, Omar O. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
numerical experiments, two CGE models calibrated for Argentina and Mexico are used. The 'domestic leakage' is found to be more … relevant for Argentina than for Mexico. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944515
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Nikkei Latin American Artists of the 20th Century: Featuring Artists of Japanese Descent from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2005
Through this exhibition, the Inter-American Development Bank pays tribute to the relationship between Japan and Latin America, and to the contribution of Japanese citizens to the region, as represented symbolically through the arts. This event serves as a kick-off for many others that will take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674139
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Private External Overborrowing in Undistorted Economies: Market Failure and Optimal Policy
Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Lombardo, Davide - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
An undistorted free market economy endowed with perfectly rational and informed agents overborrows, i.e., borrows beyond the efficient level, because of the agents' failure to internalize credit rationing resulting from sovereign risk. It follows that the elimination of the market overborrowing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944196
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Perfil del sector municipal en la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela
Eguino, Huáscar; Mannheim, Carlos R. Pineda; Larios, José - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
El presente informe provee una visión general del sector municipal en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Incluye una síntesis de la estructura administrativa del estado, el marco normativo y la organización municipal, una descripción y análisis de las responsabilidades municipales...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246478
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Dealing with Negative Oil Shocks: The Venezuelan Experience in the Eighties
Hausmann, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1995
The Venezuelan experience in the 1980s is a particularly fertile ground for the analysis of negative shocks. Two large shocks took place under very different control regimes, thus highlighting the role the institutional setting plays in determining the response. Moreover, the experience can shed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943623
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Political Institutions, Policymaking Processes, and Policy Outcomes in Venezuela
Monaldi, Francisco; Pacheco, Rosa Amelia González de; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This case study of Venezuela's democratic institution and policymaking processes is part of the broader regional project based on the theoretical framework developed by Spiller, Stein and Tommasi (2003). The framework focuses on the conditions that foster political cooperation among political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943736
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Social Services Viewed Through New Lenses: Agency Problems in Education and Health in Latin America
Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
Latin America spends large amounts of resources on social services, yet its life expectancy and education levels are low compared to other regions with similar levels of income. A key reason is the inherent difficulty of making social services produce efficiently in response to demands and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944209
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Search Methods and Outcomes in Developing Countries: The Case of Venezuela
Márquez, Gustavo; Cristóbal Ruiz-Tagle V. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
In this study, the authors use a newly developed panel data set for Venezuela in the period between 1994 and 2002 to analyze three basic questions. The first relates to the influence of personal characteristics and previous labor market experience in the choice of different search methods. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944584