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Analysis of railway privatization in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2000-04)
Latin American railway privatization has achieved significant results, since the situation today is better than if the railways had remained under management and operation by the State. Traffic volumes have generally ...
Public-private partnerships in renewable energy in Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC, 2012-05)
The versatility of electricity, which can be transformed into heat, light or mechanical movement, makes it a very valuable form of energy. It can be used to light a home, cook food or move machinery in productive processes. ...
Wage differentials between the public and private sectors in Chile: Evidence from longitudinal data
(2014-04)
Despite its importance, the literature on wage differentials between public- and private-sectors employees in Latin America is sparse. This article analyses the wage gap between the two sectors in Chile, based on monthly ...
Regulating the private provision of drinking water and sanitation services
(1998-08)
Ever since the 1970s, the governments of the region have been transferring public enterprises and other State institutions to the private sector in one manner or another. Privatization has now spread to all sectors of the ...
National visions matter: lessons of success. Proceedings of a public-private sector development forum
(IDEAWorld BankCEPAL, 2005)
Regulation of the private provision of public water-related services
(ECLAC, 1997-09-25)
Abstract
Since the 1970's, the governments of the region have been transferring, in one form or another, public companies and other state institutions to the private sector. Privatization has now extended to all sectors ...
Some lessons of the Argentine privatization process
(1994-12)
The reduction of the role of the State in the Latin American economies has become one of the central topics in the debate on the process of the economic and social restructuring of the region. Because of the magnitude and ...
The economic impacts of tourism-related private investment in Jamaica
(2021-12)
This study assesses the economy-wide impacts of private investment in the hotel industry in Jamaica. Specifically, the paper develops a tourism-extended social accounting matrix (SAM) and a dynamic computable general ...
An econometric analysis of private-sector investment in Brazil
(2001-08)
This article analyses the main determinants of private-sector investment in Brazil during the period 1956-1996, using an empirical model employed in the most recent studies on developing countries. The econometric procedures ...