This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of structural reforms in this country and the specific results that have to date been accomplished in the electricity industry. It is mostly interested in exploring whether the...

This paper analyses the determinants of the size of the informal economy using crosscountry regressions. Two sets of global data using indirect estimation techniques and the perception of business leaders for 109 countries as well as a regional set for Latin America based on direct data are used...

This paper explores the relationship between competition policy, experience of the application of competition policy, the intensity of local competition and the standard of living. Perception data from the World Economic Forum is used to measure the intensity of local competition. Richer and...

In der vorliegenden Studie wird der Poverty - Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) - Prozess im Falle Nicaraguas dargestellt und bewertet. Dafür wird die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung des Landes skizziert und Engpässe in der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Anschließend wird bewertet, ob die...

The international development debate has undergone significant changes during the last decade. The so-called Washington consensus, often described as a focus on macroeconomic adjustment and stabilization policies, has been extended to include a new approach of institution building. Although most...

In den letzten Monaten wurde in der Presse erneut auf Schwierigkeiten mancher Privatkunden beim Wechsel ihrer Stromlieferanten hinwiesen1. Gleichzeitig hat die Europäische Kommission in verschiedenen Untersuchungen festgestellt, dass die Strompreise in Deutschland im Vergleich zu den anderen...