This study investigates the relationship between foreign direct investment, institutional quality, economic freedom, and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The research compares the capacity and appetite for business creation among high-income, low-income and emerging countries. The results...

"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,...

"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,...

Power sector reforms across Latin America in the 1990s based on privatization, liberalization, and market forces were largely unavoidable. This book argues that while there is no turning back from this process, many reforms may not prove sustainable without further efforts to build a stronger...

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...

Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or 'second generation' reforms. 'The State of State Reform in Latin America' reviews...

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have shown interest in recent years in promoting private-sector participation in infrastructure projects. This trend has permitted budget consolidation, improved efficiency, and reduction of state participation in productive activities. The book...

Este estudio tiene como objetivo analizar los determinantes de los esquemas contractuales adoptados para la participación privada en ocho proyectos de concesión de infraestructura: dos del sector de acueductos (planta de tratamiento de Tibitoc, acueducto de Cartagena), tres de infraestructura...

Existe evidencia estadística de débil presión competitiva en el sector de servicios de telefonía móvil en Colombia. Se observan menores velocidades de mejoramiento en indicadores clave (reducción de precio del minuto, penetración) en comparación con los promedios mundiales y los de...

Introducción. Colombia necesita garantizar recursos de capital privado para aumentar la dotación de infraestructura orientada al comercio exterior, la interconectividad regional de las grandes ciudades y el crecimiento económico. Para ello, debe corregir las deficiencias del esquema de...