Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001
There is widespread concern across Latin America that the provision of infrastructure services has suffered as a consequence of the retrenchment of the public sector and the insufficient response of the private sector to the opening up of infrastru...
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okr-10986-141292021-04-23T14:03:21Z Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 Calderón, César Servén, Luis AIRPORTS CENTRAL BANK COMPETITIVENESS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENDOWMENTS EXCESS DEMAND EXPENDITURES FISCAL DISCIPLINE GDP INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES LABOR FORCE LAGS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MUNICIPALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING ROADS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIME SERIES TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSPORTATION UNITED NATIONS URBANIZATION WATER SYSTEMS There is widespread concern across Latin America that the provision of infrastructure services has suffered as a consequence of the retrenchment of the public sector and the insufficient response of the private sector to the opening up of infrastructure industries to private participation in most countries. The authors document the recent trends in infrastructure stocks and infrastructure investment in major Latin American economies. Using an updated dataset constructed for this task, the authors describe the evolution of the quantity and quality of infrastructure assets-power, transport, and telecommunications-as well as the investment expenditures of the public and private sectors. They find that Latin America lags behind the international norm in terms of infrastructure quantity and quality, and there is little evidence that the gap may be closing-except in the telecommunications sector. Furthermore, overall infrastructure investment has fallen, as a combined result of the retrenchment of public investment and the limited response of the private sector, which has been mostly confined to the telecommunications industry. However, there is considerable disparity across countries. On the whole the data show that the countries most successful in attracting large volumes of private investment (Bolivia, Chile, and Colombia) are precisely those where public investment has remained high. 2013-06-21T19:23:06Z 2013-06-21T19:23:06Z 2004-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5144639/trends-infrastructure-latin-america-1980-2001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14129 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3401 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean |
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AIRPORTS CENTRAL BANK COMPETITIVENESS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENDOWMENTS EXCESS DEMAND EXPENDITURES FISCAL DISCIPLINE GDP INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES LABOR FORCE LAGS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MUNICIPALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING ROADS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIME SERIES TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSPORTATION UNITED NATIONS URBANIZATION WATER SYSTEMS |
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AIRPORTS CENTRAL BANK COMPETITIVENESS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELASTICITY ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS ENDOWMENTS EXCESS DEMAND EXPENDITURES FISCAL DISCIPLINE GDP INCOME INCOME LEVELS INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES INFRASTRUCTURE QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT EXPENDITURES LABOR FORCE LAGS LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MUNICIPALITIES PER CAPITA INCOME PORTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SPENDING ROADS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIME SERIES TOTAL OUTPUT TRANSPORTATION UNITED NATIONS URBANIZATION WATER SYSTEMS Calderón, César Servén, Luis Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 |
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There is widespread concern across Latin
America that the provision of infrastructure services has
suffered as a consequence of the retrenchment of the public
sector and the insufficient response of the private sector
to the opening up of infrastructure industries to private
participation in most countries. The authors document the
recent trends in infrastructure stocks and infrastructure
investment in major Latin American economies. Using an
updated dataset constructed for this task, the authors
describe the evolution of the quantity and quality of
infrastructure assets-power, transport, and
telecommunications-as well as the investment expenditures of
the public and private sectors. They find that Latin America
lags behind the international norm in terms of
infrastructure quantity and quality, and there is little
evidence that the gap may be closing-except in the
telecommunications sector. Furthermore, overall
infrastructure investment has fallen, as a combined result
of the retrenchment of public investment and the limited
response of the private sector, which has been mostly
confined to the telecommunications industry. However, there
is considerable disparity across countries. On the whole the
data show that the countries most successful in attracting
large volumes of private investment (Bolivia, Chile, and
Colombia) are precisely those where public investment has
remained high. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Calderón, César Servén, Luis |
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Calderón, César Servén, Luis |
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Calderón, César |
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Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 |
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Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 |
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Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 |
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Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 |
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Trends in Infrastructure in Latin America, 1980-2001 |
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trends in infrastructure in latin america, 1980-2001 |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/09/5144639/trends-infrastructure-latin-america-1980-2001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14129 |
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