This note asserts that Eastern Europe and Central Asia is attracting more investment to infrastructure projects with private participation than any other developing region except Latin America. Members of the European Union (EU) and countries seeking membership account for most of the...

Diez años de reforma de la infraestructura en América Latina puede enseñarnos mucho sobre cómo hacer que las privatizaciones favorezcan a los pobres. Hay mecanismos de transmisión macroeconómicos y microeconómicos por los cuales las reformas pueden afectar a estos sectores. Aquí se...

"The authors analyze the impact of privatization on the performance of 116 electric utilities in 10 Latin American countries. The analysis makes a number of contributions to the literature on changes in infrastructure ownership. First, this is the first systemic analysis of the impact of...

"Market-oriented reforms of infrastructure in developing countries tend to focus primarily on commercially viable services in urban areas. Nevertheless, an increasing number of countries are beginning to experiment with extending the market paradigm to infrastructure services in rural areas that...