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Date issued: 12월 1997
Author(s): Engel, Eduardo;Fischer, Ronald;Galetovic, Alexander

This paper discusses privatization among investments in infrastructure. The goal of this paper is to present a new auction mechanism that solves many of the problems that have hindered the use of…

Date issued: 12월 1997
Author(s): Beato, Paulina

The objective of this paper is to analyze some issues and challenges related to private toll road developments in Latin American countries and explore new schemes to mitigate some problems that often…

Date issued: 12월 1997
Author(s): Trujillo del Valle, José Antonio;Cohen, Remy;Freixas, Javier;Sheehy, Robert

This paper discusses the radical change of the role of the public sector in the financing of infrastructure projects during the nineties. The generalized response to the new environment has taken the…

Date issued: 12월 1997
Author(s): Berón, Laura

Los últimos años han sido testigos de un profundo cambio en el paradigma del desarrollo seguido por los países de la región. Esos cambios han respondido, a su vez, a los que se produjeron en el…

Date issued: 12월 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Durante 1997 los países del MERCOSUR experimentaron una nueva aceleración en el ritmo de crecimiento económico y una caída en las tasas de inflación. Este favorable desempeño fue acompañado por una…

Date issued: 12월 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Agosin, Manuel R.;Crespi, Gustavo;Letelier, Leonardo S.

Desde mediados de los ochenta, cuando la economía se encontraba sumida en la crisis de la deuda, el ahorro y la inversión en Chile aumentaron dramáticamente. El ahorro lo ha hecho aún más que la…

Date issued: 12월 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Steil, Benn

The so-called "European model" of market integration has evolved over many decades. In particular, the original plan to integrate Europe economically via a progressive program of…

Date issued: 12월 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dooley, Michael P.

There is growing discontent with the conventional wisdom concerning economic policy. The unhappy fact seems to be that a stable macroeconomic environment may be necessary but not sufficient to coax…

Date issued: 12월 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Haltia, Olli;Keipi, Kari

This paper discusses the topic of deforestation in Latin America and the Caribbean and the use of incentives as support for private forestry investments. The paper develops the idea of using targeted…

Date issued: 12월 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Savedoff, William D.

Latin America spends large amounts of resources on social services, yet its life expectancy and education levels are low compared to other regions with similar levels of income. A key reason is the…