Second-generation reforms in infrastructure services
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Second-generation reforms in infrastructure services
Inter-American Development Bank , Distributed by The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
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  Hiroshima
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  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
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Since the 1980s, some Latin American countries have made pioneering efforts in the design and implementation of reform schemes in infrastructure services. The "first generation of reforms" encompassed widespread privatization, deregulation, and restructuring of the provision of energy, water, telecommunications and transport services. These reforms have proved generally successful as a way of creating an attractive environment for private investment. Outcomes have been mixed, however, in terms of increased efficiency, coverage, and consumer welfare. This volume evaluates the next set of challenges, the "second generation issues" leading to the consolidation of the initial reforms. Experts from academia, industry, regulatory agencies and international organizations deal with post-privatization dispute settlement mechanisms, access arrangements in network industries, and inroads to effective competition in the reformed industries. Several authors evaluate a set of contractual adjustments resulting from renegotiations and disputes that have taken place since the beginning of the reform process.
In an effort to promote competition in the provision of public services, the authors suggest some practical rules for pricing access in network industries. The book presents a dynamic, global vision of second-generation reforms underway in energy markets around the world.
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