Documentos e informes
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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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 78679 Fecha del documento: 7 de junio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Portugués)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 78679 Fecha del documento: 7 de junio de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Español)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 78679 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2013 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS5346 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS5191 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Escribano Saez,Alvaro,Guasch, J. Luis,Pena Izquierdo,Jorge
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El impacto de la participación del sector privado en infraestructura: Luces y sombras en el camino hacia adelante (Español)
Mientras varios países de América Latina, el Caribe y otras regiones avanzan a la segunda fase de participación privada en programas de infraestructura, principalmente a través de planes de asociación...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 45625 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2010 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 46678 Fecha del documento: 12 de noviembre de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 45625 Fecha del documento: 25 de julio de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Andres,Luis Alberto,Foster,Vivien,Guasch, J. Luis,Haven,Thomas Edward
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Exporting by mail - an innovative trade facilitation tool (Inglés)
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)...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 45601 Fecha del documento: 25 de abril de 2008 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Guasch, J. Luis
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Infrastructure concessions in Latin America : government-led renegotiations (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3749 Fecha del documento: 1 de octubre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Guasch, J. Luis,Laffont,Jean Jacques,Straub,Stephane
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Cerrar la brecha en educación y tecnología (Español)
Invertir en educación, abrirse a nuevas tecnologías a través del comercio exterior y de las inversiones y alentar la investigación y desarrollo del sector privado son las claves para desbloquear el potencial...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 34863 Fecha del documento: 30 de septiembre de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3621 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Escribano Saez,Alvaro,Guasch, J. Luis
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How profitable are infrastructure concessions in Latin America? Empirical evidence and regulatory implications (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 37568 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2005 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Foster,Vivien,Guasch, J. Luis,Pinglo,Maria Elena,Sirtaine,Sophie
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Just-in-case inventories - a cross-country analysis (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3012 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 2003 Autor: Guasch, J. Luis,Kogan, Joseph
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Renegotiation of concession contracts in Latin America (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS3011 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 2003 Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas Número del informe: WPS2552 Fecha del documento: 28 de febrero de 2001 Autor: Guasch, J. Luis,Kogan, Joseph
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The challenge of designing and implementing effective regulation : a normative approach and an empirical evaluation (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 71019 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2001 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Guasch, J. Luis,Spiller,Pablo T.
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Managing the regulatory process : design, concepts, issues, and the Latin America and Caribbean story (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 19633 Fecha del documento: 31 de julio de 1999 Autor: 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 (Inglés)
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;...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 19161 Fecha del documento: 31 de marzo de 1999 Autor: Guasch, J. Luis
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The World Bank research observer 14 (1) (Inglés)
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...
Tipo de documento: Publicación Número del informe: 22910 Fecha del documento: 28 de febrero de 1999 Autor: 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.