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Uncovering the drivers of utility performance : lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean on the role of the private sector, regulation, and governance in the power, water, and telecommunication sectors (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report (Английский)
This book conducts a micro-level analysis of various determinants of infrastructure sector performance that affect development. This book focuses on the distribution segment of three basic infrastructure...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 78679 Дата подготовки документа: 7 июня 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Andres,Luis Alberto,Guasch, J. Luis,Schwartz,Jordan Z.
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Uncovering the drivers of utility performance : lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean on the role of the private sector, regulation, and governance in the power, water, and telecommunication sectors (Vol. 2 of 2) : Sumário executivo (Португальский)
This book conducts a micro-level analysis of various determinants of infrastructure sector performance that affect development. This book focuses on the distribution segment of three basic infrastructure...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 78679 Дата подготовки документа: 7 июня 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Andres,Luis Alberto,Guasch, J. Luis,Schwartz,Jordan Z.
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Uncovering the drivers of utility performance : lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean on the role of the private sector, regulation, and governance in the power, water, and telecommunication sectors (Vol. 2 of 2) : Resumen ejecutivo (Испанский)
This book conducts a micro-level analysis of various determinants of infrastructure sector performance that affect development. This book focuses on the distribution segment of three basic infrastructure...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 78679 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Andres,Luis Alberto,Guasch, J. Luis,Schwartz,Jordan Z.
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Empirical econometric evaluation of alternative methods of dealing with missing values in investment climate surveys (Английский)
Investment climate Surveys are valuable instruments that improve our understanding of the economic, social, political, and institutional factors determining economic growth, particularly in emerging and...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS5346 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июня 2010 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Escribano Saez,Alvaro,Guasch, J. Luis,Pena Izquierdo,Jorge
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Assessing the impact of infrastructure quality on firm productivity in Africa : cross-country comparisons based on investment climate surveys from 1999 to 2005 (Английский)
This paper provides a systematic, empirical assessment of the impact of infrastructure quality on the total factor productivity (TFP) of African manufacturing firms. This measure is understood to include...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS5191 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2010 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Escribano Saez,Alvaro,Guasch, J. Luis,Pena Izquierdo,Jorge
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The impact of private sector participation in infrastructure : lights, shadows, and the road ahead : El impacto de la participacion del sector privado en infraestructura : luces y sombras en el camino hacia adelante (Испанский)
As numerous countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and elsewhere are moving toward a second phase of private participation in infrastructure programs mostly through public-private partnership schemes...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 45625 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2010 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Andres,Luis Alberto,Foster,Vivien,Guasch, J. Luis,Haven,Thomas Edward
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Does the investment climate matter? Microeconomic foundations of growth in Latin America (Английский)
This book aims to fill that gap by using extensive and new firm-level data. It provides an alternative, albeit complementary, approach to previous studies of the determinants of the region's growth performance...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 46678 Дата подготовки документа: 12 ноября 2008 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Fajnzylber,Pablo,Guasch, J. Luis,Lopez,J. Humberto
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The impact of private sector participation in infrastructure : lights, shadows, and the road ahead (Английский)
As numerous countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and elsewhere are moving toward a second phase of private participation in infrastructure programs mostly through public-private partnership schemes...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 45625 Дата подготовки документа: 25 июля 2008 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Andres,Luis Alberto,Foster,Vivien,Guasch, J. Luis,Haven,Thomas Edward
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Exporting by mail - an innovative trade facilitation tool (Английский)
There are many firms mostly -micro and small- that are de facto excluded from the export chain by virtue of their location (operating in small villages or cities with minimum or no support for export services)...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 45601 Дата подготовки документа: 25 апреля 2008 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Guasch, J. Luis
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Infrastructure concessions in Latin America : government-led renegotiations (Английский)
The authors complement the existing knowledge in the renegotiation literature on infrastructure concessions by analyzing government-led renegotiations. They first propose a multiple-period theoretical...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS3749 Дата подготовки документа: 1 октября 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Guasch, J. Luis,Laffont,Jean Jacques,Straub,Stephane
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Cerrar la brecha en educacion y tecnologia (Испанский)
Investing in education, opening up to new technologies through foreign trade and investment, and encouraging private sector research and development are the keys to unlocking the potential of technology...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 34863 Дата подготовки документа: 30 сентября 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Gill,Indermit S.,Guasch, J. Luis,Maloney,William F.,Perry,Guillermo,Schady,Norbert Rudiger
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Assessing the impact of the investment climate on productivity using firm-level data : methodology and the cases of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (Английский)
Developing countries are increasingly concerned about improving country competitiveness and productivity as they face the increasing pressures of globalization and attempt to improve economic growth and...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS3621 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июня 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Escribano Saez,Alvaro,Guasch, J. Luis
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How profitable are infrastructure concessions in Latin America? Empirical evidence and regulatory implications (Английский)
This report estimates the returns that private investors in infrastructure projects in Latin America really made on their investments, and assesses the adequacy of these returns relative to the risks taken-the...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 37568 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Foster,Vivien,Guasch, J. Luis,Pinglo,Maria Elena,Sirtaine,Sophie
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Just-in-case inventories - a cross-country analysis (Английский)
The authors find that raw materials inventories in the manufacturing sector in the 1970s and 1980s were two to three times higher in developing countries than in the United States, despite the fact that...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS3012 Дата подготовки документа: 30 апреля 2003 года Автор: Guasch, J. Luis,Kogan, Joseph
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Renegotiation of concession contracts in Latin America (Английский)
The authors construct a regulation model in which renegotiation occurs due to the imperfect enforcement of concession contracts. This enables the authors to provide theoretical predictions for the impact...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS3011 Дата подготовки документа: 30 апреля 2003 года Автор: Guasch, J. Luis,Laffont, Jean-Jacques,Straub, St
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Inventories in developing countries : levels and determinants - a red flag for competitiveness and growth (Английский)
Raw materials inventories in the manufacturing sector in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s were two to five times as high in developing countries as in the United States, despite the fact that in most developing...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS2552 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 2001 года Автор: Guasch, J. Luis,Kogan, Joseph
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The challenge of designing and implementing effective regulation : a normative approach and an empirical evaluation (Английский)
Since the late 1980s, developing countries have extensively privatized or concessioned the provision of public services, such as utilities. The two key reasons for this are fiscal and economic performance...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 71019 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2001 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Guasch, J. Luis,Spiller,Pablo T.
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Managing the regulatory process : design, concepts, issues, and the Latin America and Caribbean story (Английский)
Over the last twenty years, while developed countries witnessed unparalleled rise in new regulations, developing countries complemented their privatization, with deregulation practices in various sectors...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 19633 Дата подготовки документа: 31 июля 1999 года Автор: Guasch, J. Luis,Spiller,Pablo T.
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Labor market reform and job creation : the unfinished agenda in Latin American and Caribbean countries (Английский)
This books focuses on a) the performance of labor markets in the Latin American and Caribbean region since the beginning of the significant structural reforms most countries in the region have undertaken;...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 19161 Дата подготовки документа: 31 марта 1999 года Автор: Guasch, J. Luis
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The World Bank research observer 14 (1) (Английский)
The evolution of poverty and inequality in Indian villages; by Rajshri Jayaraman and Peter Lanjouw. Appraising workfare; by Martin Ravallion. Public social spending in Africa : do the poor benefit?; by...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 22910 Дата подготовки документа: 28 февраля 1999 года Автор: Jayaraman,Rajshri Marie,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Ravallion,Martin,Castro-Leal,Florencia T.,Dayton,Julia M.,Demery,Lionel,Mehra,Kalpana,Anglesen, Arild,Kaimowitz,David,Easter, K. William,Rosegrant,Mark William,Dinar,Ariel,Messick,Richard E.,Guasch, J. Luis,HAHN, ROBERT W.