While privatization of water, electricity, transport and communications infrastructure continues to gain momentum in Latin America, its success often depends on whether countries implement the reforms essential to attract private investment. This book analyzes the legal, regulatory, economic and...

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...

Muchos problemas del desarrollo van más allá de las fronteras nacionales y tienen un carácter regional e incluso global. El reconocimiento de estos retos, los cuales van de la transmisión de enfermedades entre fronteras hasta la dispersión de inestabilidad financiera global, ha llevado a...

El presente estudio identifica los principales obstáculos que están impidiendo a Junín alcanzar mayores tasas de crecimiento económico y converger a los niveles de ingreso de regiones más avanzadas en el Perú. Para ello, se aplica el marco analítico de Diagnóstico de Crecimiento que...

Este libro examina los fundamentos teóricos de un programa financiero utilizado en Costa Rica, describe la evolución de las principales variables de los sectores real, monetario, fiscal y externo de Costa Rica, en particular para 2004-2008, analiza algunas de las políticas económicas de ese...

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...

This book provides a detailed microeconomic analysis of the impact of various privatizations in different countries in the region. Its central message is that in many cases, contrary to popular belief, society as a whole and in particular the poor have benefited from privatization. The book...

The history of the electric power industry in Latin America has been a continuous search for a formula that would yield a reliable and efficient service, accessible to all. By recognizing the difficulties encountered in the last three decades in implementing all types of models, Market or State?...

En América Latina y el Caribe el uso de Cuentas Nacionales de Salud (CNS) recibió, en los años noventa, fuerte impulso gracias a la asistencia técnica y financiera de organizaciones multilaterales. El presente manual se basa en más de quince años de trabajo de la Secretaría de la...

Latin America loses about nine trillion cubic meters of water each year, or some 30 percent of the water collected and treated for public consumption. While it is impossible for water systems to deliver 100 percent of their water to the household tap, Latin America could cut those losses by more...