Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010

In 2010, 54 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in 11 low and middle-income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, involving investment commitments (hereafter, investment) of US$12.3 bi...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/08/15664816/private-activity-latin-america-declined-sharply-more-dispersed-2010
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spelling okr-10986-108772021-04-23T14:02:52Z Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010 World Bank CITY WATER CONSTRUCTION CUBIC METERS CUBIC METERS PER DAY DESALINATION ELECTRICITY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS POTABLE WATER PRIVATE PARTICIPATION SEWERAGE SEWERAGE COLLECTION SEWERAGE SYSTEM WASTE WASTE WATER WASTE WATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER WASTEWATER COLLECTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS WATER PROJECTS WATER SUPPLY WATER TREATMENT WATER TREATMENT PLANT WATER UTILITY In 2010, 54 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in 11 low and middle-income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, involving investment commitments (hereafter, investment) of US$12.3 billion. Infrastructure projects implemented in the 1990-2009 period attracted new investment of US$21.9 billion, bringing total investment in infrastructure to US$34.2 billion in 2010. Such level of activity represents a 37 percent drop by investment and a 24 percent decline by the number of projects from 2009. The decline in regional activity was driven by the slowdown in new projects which saw their investment drop by 62 percent from 2009. Most of the decline in new projects occurred among large projects (US$500 million or more) which saw their investment fall by 76 percent in 2010 compared with 2009. By contrast, additional investment in projects implemented in 1990-2009 remained stable compared with 2009. Regional investment was less concentrated on Brazil and more widespread across other countries than in the previous year. Brazil saw its share in regional investment decrease from 81 percent in 2009 to 53 percent in 2010 due to a 59 percent decline in investment in the country. Certainly, Brazil accounted for the decline in regional investment. If Brazil were excluded, investment in the region would have grown by 50 percent in 2010 compared with 2009. The 11 countries with new projects in 2010 represented a larger geographic scope for new activity than in 2009 and 2008 when only eight countries implemented new projects each year. In 2010 Brazil had 18 new projects, Argentina and Mexico followed with eight and seven new projects, respectively. Chile, Colombia and Peru each had five new projects. Nicaragua had two projects while Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, and Panama each implemented one new project. 2012-08-13T13:25:00Z 2012-08-13T13:25:00Z 2011-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/08/15664816/private-activity-latin-america-declined-sharply-more-dispersed-2010 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10877 English PPI Data Update; Note No. 58 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean
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topic CITY WATER
CONSTRUCTION
CUBIC METERS
CUBIC METERS PER DAY
DESALINATION
ELECTRICITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
POTABLE WATER
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE COLLECTION
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
WASTE
WASTE WATER
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER COLLECTION
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
WATER PROJECTS
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER UTILITY
spellingShingle CITY WATER
CONSTRUCTION
CUBIC METERS
CUBIC METERS PER DAY
DESALINATION
ELECTRICITY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENGINEERING
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
POTABLE WATER
PRIVATE PARTICIPATION
SEWERAGE
SEWERAGE COLLECTION
SEWERAGE SYSTEM
WASTE
WASTE WATER
WASTE WATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER
WASTEWATER COLLECTION
WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
WATER PROJECTS
WATER SUPPLY
WATER TREATMENT
WATER TREATMENT PLANT
WATER UTILITY
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Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010
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description In 2010, 54 infrastructure projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in 11 low and middle-income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, involving investment commitments (hereafter, investment) of US$12.3 billion. Infrastructure projects implemented in the 1990-2009 period attracted new investment of US$21.9 billion, bringing total investment in infrastructure to US$34.2 billion in 2010. Such level of activity represents a 37 percent drop by investment and a 24 percent decline by the number of projects from 2009. The decline in regional activity was driven by the slowdown in new projects which saw their investment drop by 62 percent from 2009. Most of the decline in new projects occurred among large projects (US$500 million or more) which saw their investment fall by 76 percent in 2010 compared with 2009. By contrast, additional investment in projects implemented in 1990-2009 remained stable compared with 2009. Regional investment was less concentrated on Brazil and more widespread across other countries than in the previous year. Brazil saw its share in regional investment decrease from 81 percent in 2009 to 53 percent in 2010 due to a 59 percent decline in investment in the country. Certainly, Brazil accounted for the decline in regional investment. If Brazil were excluded, investment in the region would have grown by 50 percent in 2010 compared with 2009. The 11 countries with new projects in 2010 represented a larger geographic scope for new activity than in 2009 and 2008 when only eight countries implemented new projects each year. In 2010 Brazil had 18 new projects, Argentina and Mexico followed with eight and seven new projects, respectively. Chile, Colombia and Peru each had five new projects. Nicaragua had two projects while Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, and Panama each implemented one new project.
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title Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010
title_short Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010
title_full Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010
title_fullStr Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010
title_full_unstemmed Private Activity in Latin America Declined Sharply But Became More Dispersed in 2010
title_sort private activity in latin america declined sharply but became more dispersed in 2010
publisher Washington, DC
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