"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,...

During the past two decades, Latin American countries have made pioneering efforts in reforming infrastructure services. The "first generation of reforms" encompassed widespread privatization, deregulation and restructuring of the provision of energy, water, transport and telecommunications...

During the last decade, Latin American countries have brought about important reforms in infrastructure services based both on private sector participation for enhancing internal efficiency and competition for increasing consumer welfare. Infrastructure services have evolved from monopoly and...

Financial Risk Management outlines how to implement an objective and systematic risk management program that allows for effective control and evaluation of operations. This comprehensive guide is designed to help businesses and financial institutions operating in emerging markets incorporate...

The Bank is receiving an increasing number of requests from state and municipal governments to finance publicly owned convention centers. This paper suggests that few of these projects will bring the benefits expected and may impose fiscal burdens on states and municipalities that will make it...

This working paper discusses infrastructure investment in Latin America at the subnational, private level and challenges incurred in emerging economics. As decentralization and devolution of responsibilities to subnational governments is increasing, the volume of private infrastructure under the...

The objective of this paper is to analyze some issues and challenges related to private toll road developments in Latin American countries and explore new schemes to mitigate some problems that often appear in road concessions. The paper is illustrated with the regulations of four contries and...

El objetivo de este artículo es caracterizar las diferentes modalidades de alianzas público-privadas (PPP) para el suministro de servicios de infraestructura y analizar sus implicaciones sobre los incentivos y sobre los presupuestos públicos. Asimismo se estudian los riesgos que estos...