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The Limits of Stabilization

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Over the 1980s and 1990s, most Latin American countries witnessed a retrenchment of the public sector away from infrastructure provision and an opening up of infrastructure activities to the private sector. This book analyzes the consequences of these policy changes from two perspectives. First, it reviews in a comparative framework the major trends in infrastructure provision in Latin America over the last two decades. Second, it evaluates the implication of these trends for economic growth and public deficits in the region. The book shows that in most countries private participation did not fully offset the public sector retreat. The result was a slowdown in infrastructure accumulation, which entailed a significant growth cost and weakened the intended impact of the infrastructure spending cuts on public sector insolvency.

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ISBN: 9780821354896
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Author: William Easterly, Luis Serven, World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications an imprint of The World Bank
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 209 pages
Series: Latin American Development Forum
Genres: Development economics and emerging economies