Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Chilean port of …

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Peruvian port of …

Describes the experiences, strategies adopted and problems encountered with regard to reforms in the Colombian port of …

Presents the experiences, strategies and problems, and particularly its social impact relating to reforms in the port …

port of Buenos-Aires. …

We investigate the effects of port privatization on port usage fees, firm profits, and welfare. Our model consists of … an international duopoly with two ports and two markets. When the unit transport cost is high, port privatization reduces … port usage fees, although neither government has an incentive to privatize its port. The equilibrium governmental decisions …

Port public–private partnerships (PPPs) are considered to be an important emerging mechanism for port development and … improvement in port performance especially for developing countries. This paper empirically investigates the effect of … institutional factors in the success of port’s PPPs; the latter defined as the attractiveness of the PPP project for private bidders …

, presents examples of ongoing struggles against water privatization and commercialization as well as inspiring examples of …

in Malaysia where PPI continues to be promoted because it provides captive rents. The political factors that drive PPI … invariably compromise institutional solutions as Malaysia’s water sector reforms illustrate. …