Each year developing countries seek
billions of dollars of investment in their infrastructure,
and private investors, mostly in rich countries, seek places
to invest...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 54118Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Gray, Philip; Irwin, Timothy;
The World Bank's assessments of
corporate governance practices in 25 countries across five
continents have revealed a general commitment to comply with
international...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 54117Date: August 1, 2003Author:
Capaul, Mierta
Among the key risks facing foreign
private entities investing in the infrastructure of
developing countries is depreciation or devaluation of the
local currency. Indeed,...
Many developing countries face a
critical gap between the demand for health care services and
their supply. Public resources often fall short of what is
needed to provide...
A franchise is a type of business model
in which a firm (the franchiser) licenses independent
businesses (franchisees) to operate under its brand name. A
firm might...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 26583Date: June 1, 2003Author:
Jeff Ruster, Chiaki Yamamoto, and Khama Rogo
Health care costs are escalating rapidly
in many countries. While many factors contribute to rising
costs, health insurance plays a part by shielding patients
and physicians...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 26405Date: May 1, 2003Author:
Rob Taylor, Simon Blair
An emerging issue to privatized
infrastructure sectors is how regulators should deal with
proposed mergers that could potentially increase market
power and lead to anticompetitive...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 25956Date: March 31, 2003Author:
Trujillo, Lourdes ;
Serebrisky, Tomas
In 1988, Chile put in place a new
regulatory regime for water and sanitation, allowing rates
to reflect the actual cost of providing services. The
government then reorganized...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 26126Date: March 31, 2003Author:
Bitran, Gabriel A.; Valenzuela, Eduardo P.;
Internet access depends on four critical
players: First, providers of telecommunications
infrastructure (bandwidth capacity) for international access
to the global Internet...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 26398Date: March 1, 2003Author:
Mohammad A. Mustafa
Many of the world's most
controversial private infrastructure projects originated as
unsolicited proposals to governments. This Note explores
critical questions for...
In the late 1980s and the 1990s many
countries privatized airports or concessioned their
operation. The United Kingdom began the trend, followed by
other countries adopting...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 26401Date: March 1, 2003Author:
Tomas Serebrisky
The increasing mobility of international
firms and the gradual elimination of barriers to global
capital flows have stimulated competition among governments
to attract...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 25521Date: February 1, 2003Author:
Morisset, Jacques
The pace of technological advance in the
past few decades has opened new possibilities. Consider the
technology for controlling emissions from cars, buses, and
trucks....
Type: ViewpointReport#: 25596Date: February 1, 2003Author:
Masami Kojima
For at least a decade, governments and
non-profit organizations, often supported by bilateral aid,
have experimented with tele-centers as means to extend
access to computers,...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 25303Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Wellenius, Bjorn
Investment flows to infrastructure
projects with private participation in developing countries
grew by 12 percent to US$64 billion in 2004.
Telecommunications investments...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 34141Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Izaguirre Alvarado Bradley,Ada Karina
In recent years the renegotiation and,
even more, the cancellation of private infrastructure
projects in developing countries have made the headlines in
the world's...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 35101Date: January 1, 2003Author:
Guasch, Luis J. ;
Straub,Stephane ;
Smith, Suzanne [editor] ;
Laffont,Jean Jacques
Drawing on the World Bank's private
participation in infrastructure project database, this note
reviews developments in 2001 and summarizes trends in
1990-2001. Data...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 54116Date: October 1, 2002Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina;
In 1998 the government of Guatemala
privatized the two companies responsible for distributing
electricity in rural areas. The new owner, Union Fenosa, was
obliged to...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 24820Date: June 30, 2002Author:
Harris,Clive G.
Like telecommunications reformers
elsewhere, Arab countries have set up independent regulatory
authorities to make objective, consistent, and non-arbitrary
regulatory...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 24821Date: June 30, 2002Author:
Mustafa,Mohammad Taimur
In C?e d'Ivoire and Senegal water
service is provided by privately operated national water
utilities operating under enhanced lease contracts. While
the national operators...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 24823Date: June 30, 2002Author:
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
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