Caribbean Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Roadmap
Caribbean Infrastructure Public Private Partnership Roadmap

Author: World Bank

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published:

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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This report presents the Caribbean Infrastructure PPP Roadmap by describing why and how PPPs can add value through the lessons learned from 11 countries. It reviews emerging PPP opportunities based on experience within the region to identify possible constraints and sets out concrete actions that Caribbean governments can take—individually, and collectively—to build successful PPP projects and programs.

Public-Private Partnerships in the Caribbean Region
Public-Private Partnerships in the Caribbean Region

Author: Mr.Maximilien Queyranne

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 149830706X

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To provide policymakers in the Caribbean with a governance framework for improving infrastructure through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), while limiting their fiscal costs and risks for the government. And to showcase Canada support to FAD technical assistance in the region and FAD collaboration with CARTAC and the Caribbean Development Bank

Caribbean Energy
Caribbean Energy

Author: Arnold McIntyre

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1513560743

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High energy costs contribute to dampening Caribbean competitiveness and potential growth. This paper overviews power sector challenges and takes stock of national and regional strategies to address them. It presents recommendations to move the energy agenda forward based on analyses of macro-aspects of energy reform. These include: i) quantitative assessment of the impact of energy costs on growth and competitiveness; ii) evaluation of gains from implementing announced renewable energy and energy efficiency targets; and iii) analysis of the impact of energy investments on debt sustainability. The paper argues for a bigger role for the private sector in energy reform and discusses prerequisites for good public-private partnerships.

Advances in Service Science
Advances in Service Science

Author: Hui Yang

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-28

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 3030047261

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This volume offers the state-of-the-art research and developments in service science and related research, education and practice areas. It showcases emerging technology and applications in fields including healthcare, information technology, transportation, sports, logistics, and public services. Regardless of size and service, a service organization is a service system. Because of the socio-technical nature of a service system, a systems approach must be adopted to design, develop, and deliver services, aimed at meeting end users' both utilitarian and socio-psychological needs. Effective understanding of service and service systems often requires combining multiple methods to consider how interactions of people, technology, organizations, and information create value under various conditions. The papers in this volume highlight ways to approach such technical challenges in service science and are based on submissions from the 2018 INFORMS International Conference on Service Science.

Realizing the Potential of Public–Private Partnerships to Advance Asia's Infrastructure Development
Realizing the Potential of Public–Private Partnerships to Advance Asia's Infrastructure Development

Author: Akash Deep

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 9292614193

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This publication highlights how public–private partnerships (PPPs) can be effective to meet Asia's growing infrastructure needs. It shows how governments and their development partners can use PPPs to promote more inclusive and sustainable growth. The study finds that successful PPP projects are predicated on well-designed contracts, a stable economy, good governance and sound regulations, and a high level of institutional capacity to handle PPPs. It is the result of a collaboration between the Asian Development Bank, the Korea Development Institute, and other experts that supported the theme chapter "Sustaining Development through Public–Private Partnership" of the Asian Development Outlook 2017 Update.

Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 Development in Transition
Latin American Economic Outlook 2019 Development in Transition

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-09-27

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9264313761

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The Latin American Economic Outlook 2019: Development in Transition (LEO 2019) presents a fresh analytical approach in the region. It assesses four development traps relating to productivity, social vulnerability, institutions and the environment.

State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain: Volume 3
State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain: Volume 3

Author: Miguel A. Centeno

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-08-17

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 1108874517

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Neoliberalism is often studied as a political ideology, a government program, and even as a pattern of cultural identities. However, less attention is paid to the specific institutional resources employed by neoliberal administrations, which have resulted in the configuration of a neoliberal state model. This accessible volume compiles original essays on the neoliberal era in Latin America and Spain, exploring subjects such as neoliberal public policies, power strategies, institutional resources, popular support, and social protest. The book focuses on neoliberalism as a state model: a configuration of public power designed to implement radical policy proposals. This is the third volume in the State and Nation Making in Latin America and Spain series, which aims to complete and advance research and knowledge about national states in Latin America and Spain.

Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment
Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment

Author: Edward L. Glaeser

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2021-11-11

Total Pages: 479

ISBN-13: 022680061X

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Policy makers often call for increased spending on infrastructure, which can encompass a broad range of investments, from roads and bridges to digital networks that will expand access to high-speed broadband. Some point to the near-term macroeconomic benefits, such as job creation, associated with infrastructure spending; others point to the long-term effects of such spending on productivity and economic growth. Economic Analysis and Infrastructure Investment explores the links between infrastructure investment and economic outcomes, analyzing key economic issues in the funding and management of infrastructure projects. It includes new research on the short-run stimulus effects of infrastructure spending, develops new estimates of the stock of US infrastructure capital, and explores incentive aspects of public-private partnerships with particular attention to their allocation of risk. The volume provides a reference for researchers seeking to study infrastructure issues and for policymakers tasked with determining the appropriate level and allocation of infrastructure spending.

SME Policy Index: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 Towards an Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Recovery
SME Policy Index: Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 Towards an Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Recovery

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2024-07-04

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9264778160

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This report assesses and monitors progress in the design and implementation of SME policies in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. It was developed as part of the OECD LAC Regional Programme, in co-operation with CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean and the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). The 2024 report tracks progress made since 2019 across eight policy dimensions and presents the latest key findings on SME development and related policies. It identifies emerging challenges impacting SMEs in the region and provides recommendations for governments to build a successful SME sector. The 2024 edition, the second in the series, benefits from an updated methodology that analyses SME digital transformation support policies, introduces a green economy pilot dimension, and incorporates a cross-cutting gender approach. This edition extends the coverage by introducing two new countries (Brazil and Paraguay) to the already seven participating countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay), guaranteeing the inclusion of all members of the Pacific Alliance and Mercosur.