Description: Infrastructure in Latin America : An Update, 1980-2006

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Infrastructure in Latin America : An Update, 1980-2006

This paper documents the trends in infrastructure in major Latin American economies over the last quarter century. Drawing from an expanded and updated data set, the paper sheds light on the region's infrastructure performance along four major...

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Main Authors:	Calderón, César, Servén, Luis
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESSIBILITY ACCOUNTING AIRPORTS CAPITAL FLOWS CASH FLOW DEFICITS DEPRECIATION DISTRIBUTION LOSSES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE EXCESS DEMAND EXPANSION FIRMS FISCAL POLICIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT GENERATION GENERATION CAPACITY GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT HOUSEHOLD CONNECTION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE INFRASTRUCTURE REFORM INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL ENERGY INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATION INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT IN ROADS LAND TRANSPORT LENGTH OF ROAD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL TELEPHONE MOBILITY MUNICIPALITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION WITH ACCESS POWER POWER SECTOR POWER THEFT PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRIVATIZATION PUBLIC PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC WORKS RAILROADS RAILWAYS ROAD ROAD NETWORK ROAD QUALITY ROADS RURAL TRANSPORT SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES STATE OWNED ENTERPRISES STOCKS SURFACE TRANSPORT TAX TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAILS TRANSPORT TRANSPORTATION WATER SERVICES
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20100413235103 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3182

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Summary:	This paper documents the trends in infrastructure in major Latin American economies over the last quarter century. Drawing from an expanded and updated data set, the paper sheds light on the region's infrastructure performance along four major dimensions. First, the paper documents the trends in the quantity of Latin America's infrastructure assets, using a comparative cross-regional perspective. Second, the paper presents a battery of indicators of the quality of infrastructure services, taking the same comparative perspective. Third, the paper reviews Latin America's performance in terms of the universality of access to infrastructure services. Lastly, the paper offers a detailed account of the trends in infrastructure investment in Latin America's six major economies since 1980, disaggregated by both sector of origin (public and private) and destination (power, transport and telecommunications).