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From Structures to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

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  • Cavallo, Eduardo A.
  • Powell, Andrew
  • Serebrisky, Tomás

Abstract

To close its infrastructure gap, Latin America and the Caribbean needs more than investment in new structures. It needs to become more efficient at investing in infrastructure and regulating a new range of services that have the potential to disrupt the energy, transport, and water sectors. The technological revolution makes a future with quality services possible, but not inevitable. This book offers policy options for countries to improve the access, quality, and affordability of services today, to ensure that they will be sustainable in the future, and to harness emerging technological advances for the benefit of all. This report aims to provoke discussion and further research on those many important issues and mark a path that helps the region move from structures to services and improve infrastructure for all.

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  • Cavallo, Eduardo A. & Powell, Andrew & Serebrisky, Tomás, 2020. "From Structures to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 10460, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:idbbks:10460
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002506
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    1. Mariano Tommasi, 2023. "Latin America and the Caribbean in the first quarter of the 21st century. What should be reformed, what can be reformed, and how to think about it?," Working Papers 170, Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia, revised Jul 2024.
    2. Juan Jung & Angel Melguizo, 2022. "Rules, institutions, or both? Estimating the drivers of telecommunication investment in Latin America," Journal of Cyber Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 5-23, January.
    3. Gurara, Daniel & Kpodar, Kangni & Presbitero, Andrea F. & Tessema, Dawit, 2021. "On the capacity to absorb public investment: How much is too much?☆," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
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    5. Santiago Sánchez González & Felipe Bedoya-Maya & Agustina Calatayud, 2021. "Understanding the Effect of Traffic Congestion on Accidents Using Big Data," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-19, July.
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    7. Altube, Matias Guizzo & Scartascini, Carlos & Tommasi, Mariano, 2023. "The political economy of redistribution and (in)efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 120678, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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    Keywords

    Infrastructure; DIA; Development in the Americas;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
    • L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
    • Q40 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - General
    • L90 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - General
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General

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