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This paper addresses the question: Under what conditions will the recent rapid technical change in products in the machine tool sector increase the technological gap between the developed countries and the NICs? The technical change referred to is the trend towards the substitution of standard...
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This paper addresses the question: Under what conditions will the recent rapid technical change in products in the machine tool sector increase the technological gap between the developed countries and the Newly Industrializing Countries (NICs)? The technical change referred to is the trend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944013
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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This report examines the problems of theft, nonpayment and political opportunism in the aftermath of privatization by …
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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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the lack of public support for privatization and the succession of crises and events in the recent past (problems of …
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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 …
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Examining the privatization experience of case studies, within Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia …, this book evaluates the empirical evidence on privatization and assesses the validity of the criticisms raised to show that … privatization can lead to increased profitability and productivity, firm restructuring, fiscal benefits, output growth, and even …
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Power sector reforms across Latin America in the 1990s based on privatization, liberalization, and market forces were …
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"Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone" is part of a larger effort by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote integration of energy markets in South America's Southern Cone region. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the gas industry's evolution in the region,...
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