An adequate supply of infrastructure services has long been viewed by both academics and policy makers as a key … dominant position in the provision of infrastructure, and the opening up of these industries to private participation, have … renewed the debate on the role of infrastructure in the region's development. The focus of this paper is three-fold. First, it …

infrastructure has had on key macroeconomic variables in a sample of 21 Latin American countries from 1985–98. Specifically, they … paper since it is inconsistent with the fiscal gains expected by many policymakers as they engage in infrastructure …, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a larger effort in the Bank to …