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Privatization for the Public Good?: Welfare Effects of Private Intervention in Latin America

Felipe Barrera-Osorio, Virgilio Galdo, Ernesto Schargrodsky, Sebastian Galiani, Martín González Rozada, Eduardo Nakasone, Alberto Chong, Elizabeth Coombs, Martin Gonzalez-Eiras, Maximo Torero, Lorena Alcázar, Mauricio Olivera, Paul Carrillo, Martín Rossi and Orazio J. Bellettini Cedeño
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Martin Gonzalez-Rozada

No 324 in IDB Publications (Books) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This book provides a detailed microeconomic analysis of the impact of various privatizations in different countries in the region. Its central message is that in many cases, contrary to popular belief, society as a whole and in particular the poor have benefited from privatization. The book presents a careful analysis of the various mechanisms through which privatization has an impact on welfare, an analysis that by and large has been missing from the debate. Case studies of water sector privatization in Argentina and Colombia, and also the telecom industry in Peru are included.

Keywords: privatization; electricity sector; water sector; telephone services; water expansion; shantytowns (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
ISBN: 9781597820608
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