Government strategies for setting energy prices are not uniform across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region or even across fuels. Instead, they cover a full spectrum, ranging from discretionary price-fixing at one end to pure market-based approaches at the other. In between is a wide...

Government strategies for setting energy prices are not uniform across the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region-- or even across fuels. Instead, they cover a full spectrum, ranging from discretionary price-fixing at one end to pure market-based approaches at the other. In between is a...

1 Introduction -- 2 Renewable Energy Transition and Globalisation in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: A Five-Decade Picture -- 3 Does Financial Openness Expand the Renewable Energy Investment in Latin American Countries? -- 4 The Interactions Between Renewable Energy Consumption,...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Our Study -- Our Findings -- Organization of This Report -- Note -- Reference -- Chapter 1 Energy Markets in the Latin America and the Caribbean Region: Setting...

High energy costs contribute to dampening Caribbean competitiveness and potential growth. This paper overviews power sector challenges and takes stock of national and regional strategies to address them. It presents recommendations to move the energy agenda forward based on analyses of...