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  • 1
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    Governance in State-Owned Enterprises Revisited : The Cases of Water and Electricity in Latin America and the Caribbean (2011)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048265185
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (28 p)
    Content: This paper studies the governance structure of state-owned enterprises in the water and electricity sectors of Latin America and the Caribbean. Through a unique dataset, the paper compares 44 leading state companies of the region based on an aggregate measure of corporate governance and six salient aspects of their design: board, chief executive officer, performance orientation, management, legal framework, and transparency/disclosure. The results indicate the need for improvement in areas such as the selection and appointment of directors to the board and the performance-orientation of the enterprises. The paper also highlights the importance of discussing the management of state-owned enterprises in the wider context of public sector governance, with particular focus on accountability. Moreover, it recognizes the role of accountability as central in the management of state-owned enterprises, recommending a better understanding of regulation and performance management. The paper finds a positive correlation between corporate governance and the utilities' performance. Among the different aspects of corporate governance, performance orientation and professional management seem to be the highest contributors to well-performing state-owned enterprises. State-owned enterprises in the electricity sector show higher governance levels than those in the water sector
    Additional Edition: Andrés, Luis Alberto Governance in State-Owned Enterprises Revisited
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-5747
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    Diffusion of The Internet : A Cross-Country Analysis (2007)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV040619024
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (34 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Content: This paper analyzes the process of Internet diffusion across the world using a panel of 199 countries during 1990-2004. The authors group countries in two categories-low and high-income countries-and show that the Internet diffusion process is well characterized by an S-shape curve for both groups. Low-income countries display a steeper diffusion curve that is equivalent to a right shift of the diffusion curve for high-income countries. The estimated diffusion curves provide evidence of a "catching-up" process, although a very slow one. The paper explores the determinants of Internet diffusion at the country level and across the same income groups. The most novel finding is that network effects seem to be crucial-the number of Internet users in a country in a given year is positively associated with the number of users in the previous year. The findings also show that the degree of competition in the provision of Internet service contributes positively to its diffusion, and there are significant positive language externalities
    Additional Edition: Reproduktion von Diffusion of The Internet 2007
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    Regulatory Governance And Sector Performance : Methodology And Evaluation For Electricity Distribution In Latin America (2008)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV040619098
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (33 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Content: This paper contributes to the literature that explores the link between regulatory governance and sector performance. The paper develops an index of regulatory governance and estimates its impact on sector performance, showing that indeed regulation and its governance matter. The authors use two unique databases: (i) the World Bank Performance Database, which contains detailed annual data for 250 private and public electricity companies in Latin America and the Caribbean; and (ii) the Electricity Regulatory Governance Database, which contains data on several aspects of the governance of electricity agencies in the region. The authors run different models to explain the impacts of change in ownership and different characteristics of the regulatory agency on the performance of the utilities. The results suggest that the mere existence of a regulatory agency, regardless of the utilities' ownership, has a significant impact on performance. Furthermore, after controlling for the existence of a regulatory agency, the ownership dummies are still significant and with the expected signs. The authors propose an experience measure in order to identify the gradual impact of the regulatory agency on utility performance. The results confirm this hypothesis. In addition, the paper explores two different measures of governance, an aggregate measure of regulatory governance, and an index based on principal components, including autonomy, transparency, and accountability. The findings show that the governance of regulatory agencies matters and has significant effects on performance
    Additional Edition: Reproduktion von Andrés, Luis Regulatory Governance And Sector Performance 2008
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    The impact of privatization on the performance of the infrastructure sector : the case of electricity distribution in Latin American countries (2006)
    [Washington, D.C] : World Bank
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    b3kat_BV040618541
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Edition: Also available in print.
    Series Statement: Policy research working paper 3936
    Content: "The authors analyze the impact of privatization on the performance of 116 electric utilities in 10 Latin American countries. The analysis makes a number of contributions to the literature on changes in infrastructure ownership. First, this is the first systemic analysis of the impact of privatization on the distribution of the electricity sector. Second, it constructs an unbalanced panel data set of key indicators for each country. Third, it includes a broader-than in past studies-range of indicators, such as output, employment, productivity, efficiency, quality, coverage, and prices, offering a fuller picture of the effects of privatization on consumers. Fourth, this research covers a longer period of time, and evaluates three stages-before, transition, and after-allowing for the identification of the short- and long-run effects of privatization, as opposed to previous analyses' short time series data that do not identify long-run outcomes. Finally, the counterfactual is considered through the analysis in trends. The authors apply two different methodologies. The first methodology uses means and medians from each period and tests the significance of the changes between periods. The second methodology consists of an econometric model that captures firm fixed effects, firm-specific time trends, and heteroscedasticity corrections. When needed, the authors used firm-specific time trends to better understand the outcomes. The results suggest that changes in ownership generate significant improvements in labor productivity, efficiency, and product and service quality, and that most of those changes occur in the transition period. Improvements in the post transition period-beyond two years after the change in ownership-are much more modest. "--World Bank web site
    Note: Includes bibliographical references. - Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/30/2006 , Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:[2006] , Weitere Ausgabe: Andrés, Luis : The impact of privatization on the performance of the infrastructure sector
    Additional Edition: Reproduktion von Andrés, Luis The impact of privatization on the performance of the infrastructure sector 2006
    Language: English
    Keywords: Fallstudiensammlung
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    Author information: Foster, Vivien 1968-
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    Assessing The Governance of Electricity Regulatory Agencies In The Latin American And The Caribbean Region : A Benchmarking Analysis (2007)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV040618984
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (57 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Content: This paper focuses on an evaluation and benchmarking of the governance of regulatory agencies in the electricity sector in Latin American Countries (LAC). Using a unique database, we develop an index of regulatory governance and rank all the agencies in the LAC countries. The index is an aggregate number of the evaluation of four key governance characteristics: autonomy, transparency, accountability, and regulatory tools, including not only formal aspects of regulation but also indicators related to actual implementation. Based on 18 different indexes, we analyze the positions of agencies with regard to different aspects of their regulatory governance, considering not only performance in each variable but also scores in the different components of each category. This evaluation allows for the identification of particular country shortcomings regarding governance, and indicates needed improvements. Although the region shows an overall good governance design of their regulatory agencies, the implementation of the independent regulator model still faces several challenges. This is particularly evident in political autonomy and in the informal aspects of governance, where the region shows the largest number of countries with the lowest scores. Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil show the best results and Ecuador, Honduras, and Chile the poorest performances. The rest of the countries vary according to the different indexes. We give each governance variable equal weights and positively test the robustness of our approach using Principal Component Analysis
    Additional Edition: Reproduktion von Andrés, Luis Assessing The Governance of Electricity Regulatory Agencies In The Latin American And The Caribbean Region 2007
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    Do Regulation And Institutional Design Matter For Infrastructure Sector Performance ? (2007)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV040618982
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (56 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    Content: This paper evaluates the impact of economic regulation on infrastructure sector outcomes. It tests the impact of regulation from three different angles: aligning costs with tariffs and firm profitability; reducing opportunistic renegotiation; and measuring the effects on productivity, quality of service, coverage, and prices. The analysis uses an extensive data set of about 1,000 infrastructure concessions granted in Latin America from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. The analysis finds that as the theory indicates, regulation matters. The empirical work here reported shows that in three relevant economic aspects-aligning costs and tariffs; dissuading renegotiations; and improving productivity, quality of service, coverage, and tariffs-the structure, institutions, and procedures of regulation matter. Thus, significant efforts should continue to be made to improve the structure, quality, and institutionality of regulation. Regulation matters for protecting both consumers and investors, for aligning closely financial returns and the costs of capital, and for capturing higher levels of benefits from the provision of infrastructure services by the private sector
    Note: Weitere Ausgabe: Andres, Luis ---〉 Do: Regulation And Institutional Design Matter For Infrastructure Sector Performance ?
    Additional Edition: Reproduktion von Andrés, Luis Do Regulation And Institutional Design Matter For Infrastructure Sector Performance ? 2007
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    The impact of private sector participation in infrastructure : lights, shadows, and the road ahead (2008)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    b3kat_BV040616041
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 351 p) , ill , 23 cm
    Edition: Online-Ausgabe World Bank E-Library Archive Sonstige Standardnummer des Gesamttitels: 041181-4
    ISBN: 9780821374108
    Series Statement: Latin American development forum series
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index , Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c2008
    Additional Edition: Reproduktion von The impact of private sector participation in infrastructure 2008
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 978-0-8213-7409-2
    Language: English
    Subjects: Economics
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    QD 200
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    Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean : Spending Better to Achieve More (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048267511
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other papers
    Content: Latin America and the Caribbean does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/26390
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    Meeting the balance of electricity supply and demand in Latin America and the Caribbean (2011)
    Washington, D.C : World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048263797
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 191 p) , ill., maps
    ISBN: 0821388193 , 9780821388198 , 9780821388211
    Series Statement: Directions in development. Energy and mining
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) , IntroductionHistorical trends in the electricity sector -- Baseline electricity supply scenario to 2030 -- Alternatives for meeting future electricity needs -- Conclusions
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/978-0-8213-8821-1
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    Underreporting of Gender-Based Violence in Kerala, India : An Application of the List Randomization Method (2017)
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    b3kat_BV048269498
    Format: 1 Online-Ressource (33 p)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Content: This paper analyzes the incidence and extent to which domestic violence and physical harassment on public/private buses is underreported in Kerala, India, using the list randomization technique. The results indicate that the level of underreporting is over nine percentage points for domestic violence and negligible for physical harassment on public/private buses. Urban households, especially poor urban households, tend to have higher levels of incidence of domestic violence. Further, women and those who are professionally educated tend to underreport more than others. Underreporting is also higher among the youngest and oldest age cohorts. For physical harassment on public/private buses, rural population-especially the rural non-poor and urban females-tend to underreport compared with the rural poor and urban males
    Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Joseph, George Underreporting of Gender-Based Violence in Kerala, India: An Application of the List Randomization Method Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2017
    Language: English
    DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8044
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