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The Limits of Stabilization: Infrastructure, Public Deficits, and Growth in Latin America
Contributor(s): Press, Stanford University (Author), Easterly, William (Editor), Serven, Luis (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0821354892     ISBN-13: 9780821354896
Publisher: World Bank Publications
OUR PRICE: $33.60  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2003
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics
- Business & Economics | Infrastructure
Dewey: 339.509
LCCN: 2003053802
Series: Latin American Development Forums
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.05" W x 8.89" L (0.71 lbs) 226 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Latin America
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
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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