This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years … in the Latin American energy sector, as both consumer and financier. Natural gas consumption has also grown in recent … years, and the discovery of large non-conventional gas reserves will also alter the energy landscape. Overall, the paper …

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

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 …

This paper investigates trends in energy intensity in Latin American countries over the last 40 years. It applies the … Fisher Ideal Index to decompose the energy intensity into the relative contributions of energy efficiency and the activity … mix, and then analyzes the determinants of these energy indexes through panel data regression techniques. Finally, the …

region in which informality dominates public governance. It includes detailed country analyses which provide comparative …

governance and people-centered development in accordance with the principles contained in the United Nations Millennium …

governance as they apply to the metropolis, and unfolds cases of institutional and programmatic arrangements to tackle such …

International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special …: democracy, governance and well-being. The book is a compilation of selected papers presented at the conference that address …, particularly in Latin America. This book aims to contribute to the reflection and debate on the issues of democracy, governance and …

This paper models an energy tax reform process out of a status quo and towards environmentally related excises … increases in widespread energy inputs triggered by the reform exercise. The tax reform has a positive distributive impact in …