The OECD has been active in promoting competition policy among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and in recent years it has formed a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank for this purpose. The principal feature of this partnership has been the annual Latin American...

El presente informe (RE-326) evalúa la Política de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios aplicada a las operaciones del Banco en el sector eléctrico (PSP-E). La evaluación llevada a cabo por OVE busca responder cuatro preguntas: 1. Cuán relevante fue la PSP-E ante los problemas sectoriales que...

This volume comprises follow-up work on the four Latin American peer review reports which have been produced to date in the framework of the Latin American Competition Forum, namely, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru, as well as the peer review of Mexico held in the OECD Competition Committee....

Contrariamente a la creencia generalizada, las privatizaciones pueden resultar sumamente beneficiosas desde el punto de vista social, pero para llevar sus beneficios a los pobres se necesita la regulación del gobierno a las empresas privadas. En esta edición de IDEA se analiza este aspecto...

El presente documento (RE-270) evalúa la Política de servicios públicos domiciliarios (PSPD, OP-708) para los servicios de agua potable y saneamiento, que plantea fundamentalmente la necesidad de la desintervención política de los servicios. Está organizado de la siguiente manera: el...

This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. We analyze sewage treatment policies in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Relying on difference-in-differences estimations, we establish a...

Als onderdeel van de technische samenwerking "Energiebesparing voor de Caraïbische Drinkwater en Afvalwaterbedrijven" heeft het "Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initative (SECCI)" van de IDB een regionale methodologie ontwikkeld om de energie-efficiency en het onderhoud van...

Als onderdeel van de technische samenwerking "Energiebesparing voor de Caraïbische Drinkwater en Afvalwaterbedrijven" heeft het "Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initative (SECCI)" van de IDB een regionale methodologie ontwikkeld om de energie-efficiency en het onderhoud van...

In the last decade, Belize has seen major improvements in access to water, but it is behind in achieving universal access to improved sanitation facilities. Belize has also made progress in terms of the disposal of solid waste in the central and western regions, including in the largest urban...

While privatization of water, electricity, transport and communications infrastructure continues to gain momentum in Latin America, its success often depends on whether countries implement the reforms essential to attract private investment. This book analyzes the legal, regulatory, economic and...